On Mon, 13 Jul 2009, Sourav Chakraborty wrote:
Cp -r does not work if wild card entries are specified. Basically, it copies
all files, and ignores the wildcard entries.
cp doesn't know about wildcards; they are a shell construct. Please see
the FAQ at http://tinyurl.com/59ovg
cp -r /directory/you/want/to/copy/from/*.ext /new/destination copies all
files to destination instead of only *.ext files. I think this is a serious
bug and should be remedied immediately.
The -r flag isn't necessary here, assuming all *.ext filenames refer to
actual files, not directories.
Cheers,
Phil
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