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pass output as an argument for cp in bash

I'm taking a unix/linux class and we have yet to learn variables or functions. We just learned some basic …

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How can I make a progress bar while copying a directory with cp?

I suppose I could compare the number of files in the source directory to the number of files in the …

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How to pipe output from grep to cp?

I have a working grep command that selects files meeting a certain condition. How can I take the selected files …

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cp -r without hidden files

I have two directories and one is empty. The first directory has many sub directories with hidden files. When I …

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linux copy symbolic link

How do I copy a symbolic link from one directory to another? ls -ls file1.txt file2.txt files -&…

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linux wildcard usage in cp and mv

I am composing a script to process 20 files. All of them located in different directories. I have partial file name. …

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Make a copy of a file and give it a different name mac terminal

Mac. I'm in a directory dogs/scripts/cats. Within this directory there is a file bla.txt. I would like …

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Subprocess cp returns error - bufsize must be integer

I'm trying to copy from one directory to another, and rename them at the same time by calling 'cp' like …

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Linux commands to copy one file to many files

Is there a one-line command/script to copy one file to many files on Linux? cp file1 file2 file3 copies …

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bash command to copy file from one computer to another

Wasn't quite sure how to word this but let's say I've used ssh to remote into my friends MacBook (macbook_…

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