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> 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. :)
LOL!!!! thank you, jeff!
pete
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