On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
>
> BTW, with GNU ls, -r is the same as -R, but doesn't require pressing
> :)
What do you mean by "GNU ls"? The ls provided by coreutils?
If it is, then "-r" mean "reverse the sort order" and "-R" means
"recurse through subdirectories".
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On 2014-01-30 01:51, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On 1/30/14, Felix C. Stegerman wrote:
>> On 2014-01-29 10:43, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote:
>
>>> And then: $ cd ~/bar && rm `find -name '.*'`
>>
>> Find is indeed very useful, but that's probab
On 1/30/14, Felix C. Stegerman wrote:
> On 2014-01-29 10:43, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote:
>> And then: $ cd ~/bar && rm `find -name '.*'`
>
> Find is indeed very useful, but that's probably a bad idea. You'll
> get into trouble with filenames containing spaces for example.
> If you real
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On 2014-01-29 10:43, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote:
>
>
> Le 26.01.2014 15:26, Lisi Reisz a écrit :
>> 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?
Le 26.01.2014 15:26, Lisi Reisz a écrit :
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
Thanks,
Lisi
Just a note, too late but it could help la
On 28/01/14 13:22, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
On 27/01/2014 3:05 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
* The --dry-run option will show you what the command will do
As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the bullet of
rsync. It seems a significantly better tool for the purpose than cp.
Don't b
On 27/01/2014 3:05 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>> * The --dry-run option will show you what the command will do
> As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the bullet of
> rsync. It seems a significantly better tool for the purpose than cp.
Don't be scared of rsync, it works a great dea
Your requirement (to skip hidden files and directories) is what is
usually required.
But, as a generic rule, you can use the echo command to help with
analysing how the command line shell might expand a wild card.
echo cp /path/to/src/* /path/to/dest > some_tmp_file
If I do this on my home direc
On Sun, 2014-01-26 at 23:24 +0100, Mathias Bauer wrote:
> If the target directory *exists* the trailing slash will *not* be
> necessary
On Mon, 2014-01-27 at 12:44 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> and yet there is the advantage of training the fingers
Using the tab-key a / is automatically attache
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On 2014-01-27 02:04, Mathias Bauer wrote:
> * Felix C. Stegerman wrote on 2014-01-26 at 23:58 (+0100):
>
>> On 2014-01-26 23:24, Mathias Bauer wrote:
>
>>> * Mr Smiley wrote on 2014-01-26 at 20:56 (+):
>>>
> cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /
On 1/27/14, Mathias Bauer wrote:
> * Felix C. Stegerman wrote on 2014-01-26 at 23:58 (+0100):
>
>> On 2014-01-26 23:24, Mathias Bauer wrote:
>> > * Mr Smiley wrote on 2014-01-26 at 20:56 (+):
>> >
>> > > > cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
>> > >
>> > > If you don't put a
* Felix C. Stegerman wrote on 2014-01-26 at 23:58 (+0100):
> On 2014-01-26 23:24, Mathias Bauer wrote:
> > * Mr Smiley wrote on 2014-01-26 at 20:56 (+):
> >
> > > > cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
> > >
> > > If you don't put a / after B it will copy all files to a
> >
On Sun, 1/26/14, Lisi Reisz wrote:
As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the bullet of
rsync. It seems a significantly better tool for the purpose than cp.
Some time ago I was using "cp" for bulk file copying, but was having
some issues with maintaining the original
On 1/27/14, Mathias Bauer wrote:
> * Mr Smiley wrote on 2014-01-26 at 20:56 (+):
>
>> > cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
>>
>> If you don't put a / after B it will copy all files to a file
>> called B
>
> No, obviously not.
true
>> So your above
>> cp -Rp /path/to/sour
On 1/27/14, Go Linux wrote:
> On Sun, 1/26/14, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>> As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the bullet of
>> rsync. It seems a significantly better tool for the purpose than cp.
> Maybe you'd find grsync gui less intimidating than cli?
I've used one or two rs
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On 2014-01-26 23:24, Mathias Bauer wrote:
> * Mr Smiley wrote on 2014-01-26 at 20:56 (+):
>
>>> cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
>>
>> If you don't put a / after B it will copy all files to a file
>> called B
>
> No, ob
On Sunday 26 January 2014 14:26:18 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
I have been away from my computer for a w
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On 2014-01-26 21:48, Mathias Bauer wrote:
> * Felix C. Stegerman wrote on 2014-01-26 at 15:49 (+0100):
>
>> 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 hidd
* Mr Smiley wrote on 2014-01-26 at 20:56 (+):
> > cp -Rp /path/to/sourcedir/A/* /path/to/destinationdir/B
>
> If you don't put a / after B it will copy all files to a file
> called B
No, obviously not.
$ mkdir src
$ echo foo > src/file1
$ echo bar > src/file2
$ echo baz > src
On 26/01/14 14:26, 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
Thanks,
Lisi
If you don't put a / after B it will copy all fi
* Felix C. Stegerman wrote on 2014-01-26 at 15:49 (+0100):
> 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?
>
> I prefer using rsync instead:
>
> $ rsync --dry-
On Sun, 1/26/14, Lisi Reisz wrote:
Subject: Re: Help with command - cp
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 10:05 AM
As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the bullet of
rsync. It seems a
On Sunday 26 January 2014 16:53:17 Brian wrote:
> On Sun 26 Jan 2014 at 16:05:52 +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the
> > bullet of rsync. It seems a significantly better tool for the
> > purpose than cp.
>
> The Midnight Commander (mc) is worth
On Sun 26 Jan 2014 at 16:05:52 +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the bullet of
> rsync. It seems a significantly better tool for the purpose than cp.
The Midnight Commander (mc) is worth considerating for the sort of job
you described. See 'File
On Sun, 2014-01-26 at 14:26 +, 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
Globbing lady! Yesno, it won't copy hidde
Sorry for sending this off-list, Gord. Resending to where it ought to
have gone in the first place.
On Sunday 26 January 2014 15:09:10 ghaverla wrote:
> Your requirement (to skip hidden files and directories) is what is
> usually required.
>
> But, as a generic rule, you can use the echo command
On Sunday 26 January 2014 14:49:31 Felix C. Stegerman wrote:
> 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/d
On Sunday 26 January 2014 14:40:26 Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> Your command will exclude files and dirs beginning with period
> ('.'), in the directory /path/to/sourcedir/A/
> but not "hidden" files in subdirectories (I note your -R/-r
> option). If you really are only copying files, then -r is not
>
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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 qu
On 1/27/14, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On 1/27/14, 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
>
> BTW, with GNU ls, -r
On 1/27/14, 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
BTW, with GNU ls, -r is the same as -R, but doesn't require press
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
Thanks,
Lisi
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