On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> 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
Assuming cyclops and shadowcat are regular files,
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.
Yes, you did. :)
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