Re: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how?

[Paul]

It was Thu, 31 May 2001 12:23:30 +0800 when newbie-mandrake wrote:

>try something like
>
>bash# for i in *; do cp $i $.bak; done

for i in *; do cp $i $i.bak; done

Note the i in front of the second $
Paul

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