-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 2014-01-26 15:26, Lisi Reisz wrote: > I am wanting to use the CLI to copy some files from dirA to dirB. > I want to exclude all hidden files. Will this command achieve it? > :-- > > cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
Not quite. But close. You can get in trouble depending on how many items are in A and whether or not B exists. And it will only ignore hidden files if they are in A directly, not if they are in subdirectories. I prefer using rsync instead: $ rsync --dry-run -av --progress --exclude='.*' /path/to/A/ /path/to/B/ Notes: * Existing files in B will be overwritten. * You may want to look at the manpage to see what the options do. * The slashes after A and B are important. * The --dry-run option will show you what the command will do without actually performing the copy -- so you can check whether it behaves as expected. Leave it out to actually perform the copy. * You can add the --delete option if you want to completely synchronise the directories, as it will cause removal of files in B that are not in A (except those excluded -- see the man page). * If you only want to exclude hidden files in A itself (not in subdirectories), use --exclude='/.*' instead. > Thanks, Lisi - - Felix -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJS5SBZAAoJELIY/ywn/GzG3EQQANJhaP/VLk2EcFQL+eTggCRi qTVWmbrSsMiaj2pBOrTelThGIVXsrWCukjkuOA/vxKKtMZJD2ZtLUIAi8HSj7zzw zLdnpQPmJgjecd8vxlw27pQkVgQfyDUOxXk4MZ9d3GQoFoZ3T21lHFfPWskZqJbL QqJ3ZrhYU4ijbmr7YBxGNiw/Ph5nc6FwihiU9DvcoNThJy+MlIklJJVAhMu+UaZ8 i9OOCsF7zAXxkbbk1bXjn+ni6PkiKD7AkTWrCQ/4vpa448cwZCth/v9p8akuniUu 7FserEDpwJhwdTInYWO7cBBXc2a9QDC5f/bCZ+eBbgpvrFBeiBt7f2ZStElMSWbY Gv7BQ8x3ZZPJf0H+47wN00OOEuIouOWL88FWFMNaERtc4JQsXU9C+0n/O9N8AW+/ QNMZsw8zNAr4Eu/SFt88SuIWVO/zSDCPrcG6xweEirdKE8uFXca26seTHluYusp0 xnfXSzpT21ERXn2wnNASf7WHsP9T+5hcP3V7h+0t0dwtI3vC84e+PKBGMvcl40ps QPjtybj2Dpz0u5sobgjnFN2RnguRRLbruTyvhcbb3LFZ69nORVJEFxzKEPAGmN2n up1OsHO4HGwRTexyI3i3C+FxKeI2SoqSBbmvHx1W+oUZCqaal7lOyB1M7aTXCp98 sCidWvwF7U1EUTeGwzKs =wAvY -----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/52e5207b.4060...@obfusk.org
