[vox-tech] bash question - file matching without globbing

[Peter Jay Salzman]

is there a way to refer to more than one filename without globbing or
specifying an absolute pathname for each file?

for example, suppose i have a directory xmen with the contents:

/usr/local/xmen
  |
  +--- cyclops
  |
  +--- shadowcat
  |
  +--- xavier
  |
  +--- storm

is there a notation i can use to single out 2 files?  something like:

        cp /usr/local/xmen{cyclops,shadowcat} /home/xmen

i could've sworn mike simons showed me something like this, but i can't
remember what the syntax was.

pete

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