-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 2014-01-27 02:04, Mathias Bauer wrote: > * Felix C. Stegerman wrote on 2014-01-26 at 23:58 (+0100): > >> On 2014-01-26 23:24, Mathias Bauer wrote: > >>> * Mr Smiley wrote on 2014-01-26 at 20:56 (+0000): >>> >>>>> cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B >>>> >>>> If you don't put a / after B it will copy all files to a file >>>> called B >>> >>> No, obviously not. >>> >>> [...] >> >> It does if there's only one file in A and B does not exist. >> >> $ mkdir A; echo HI >> A/foo $ cp -a A/* B $ cat B HI > > Yes, but ... come on, that's a rather trivial shell expansion! By > the way, don't you consider it a little bit strange to change the > original problem conditions *afterwards*? > > * Lisi Reisz wrote on Sun, 26 Jan 2014, at 14:26 (+0000): > >> I am wanting to use the CLI to copy some files from dirA to dirB. >> I want to exclude all hidden files. > > Read ... file*S*. > > Regards, Mathias
You're absolutely right *in this context*. But if you're not aware that the command will behave differently when there's only one file, you may run into trouble later on when you use it in a different context. That's why I mentioned it. So people don't expect it to work in the same way with *any number* of files. You'll also get different results if there are *no files* (unless you use nullglob). - - Felix -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJS5bXcAAoJELIY/ywn/GzG5GQP+gOx4MFOs+Gee5XKk4E7Xkwn nkem4A0jMvHpIVWIm1+f79D/VoV93oyM4EbL/ppeRY3zco1TjfxWMwjxB2tLNrEM y58q2+n0/4wsrtyc5CKFRAtw2xGNhkZLezXMBk0sm62zlAXt5qQDUgUMqLfyl+nn Ha0eR9tVWpEiLQVi0TZl7Mn/TvKwvN2DlcrOp5urgB8q6CerZiUGcxteblQSkRQm 8h2a8q4sNeT0m/gBtxCtgG/0l4FOC0tE9swhadwHNIUDIA2W0Q3NWR4OpirVHhcF 7Mjlmt8IzEhOWh6Sq0iWd3Therg/dZsI2VXfxLyP/OpYEnIOwoHRv0HUwE8A+I1N jaE7y0oHeT3oT0/9Og6ii5cxSFUixRVKVkIr0oaw4CEhDWm8rvyNNPUM/mlP0wlV raslS5e9wSko3WqzrfoCN4jREC9EoYIrsjssfiQ1dqBVZVXoGOcEC1UabcLM9rSq QshUQXGmb/oDDLXQVgtOMP1oCCJ3RNj7zgtqiiRF+9B9VrqRP5Shn3PAAFT379nq uMJ6YSP5KOquRXs4b+iuM6KfwlNKgaxJKP9EgvoNoFMxO+IzO7LUQnNaC5L250lJ /Vo3Q41Yo3ia9QFiE/XoNy5iOBjPnm8W8izSr+E7HWFwad7xvZiEFHfxuKKZ1vw9 8z/KqTSjHMSEQgOjtV/E =nkeh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52e5b5e3.4040...@obfusk.org