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How to copy a file to multiple directories in Linux?
Copy a file to multiple different directories using find and cp command in Linux The above command will copy ostechnix.txt file in the current directory to the ~/Downloads and ~/Documents directories.
What happens if there are two file names in a command?
Two file names : If the command contains two file names, then it copy the contents of 1st file to the 2nd file. If the 2nd file doesn’t exist, then first it creates one and content is copied to it. But if it existed then it is simply overwritten without any warning. So be careful when you choose destination file name.
How to copy files with spaces in bash script?
I am trying to copy some files with spaces and $, @ symbols in their file names in a bash script but the script fails to copy the files stating it cannot find the file. I can see that it is treating each space separated word in file name as another file name which is why it is failing.
What to do if Bash command won’t run?
Double check that the copy did actually fail! (maybe that should be step 1.) Make sure you really have bash at /bin/bash. I think a batter hash bang is: This uses the env command to locate the bash binary and set the environment. I had similar problem. What helped me: I used windows and putty to write script, so I had at the end of lines.
-n 1 : Instructs xargs to use one argument per command line at a time and forward to the cp command The xargs will execute the cp command two times (i.e. as many target directories as provided in the input) where at each run, it appends the next directory path fed to it from the previous echo command to the end of the standard cp command.
Is there a way to copy multiple files at once?
Simply copy multiple files at once from command line. Make sure to note that there are no spaces between the files. The last part of the command, /home/usr/destination/, is the directory you wish to copy the files into.
How to copy files to a command line?
This script should be relatively simple to use. First off, copy the above code into the program gedit (should be pre-installed in Ubuntu) or any other text editor.
Can A ls command copy the source directory?
And now if you use ls command on the destination directory, it should have the entire source directory inside it. The -r option allows the recursive option. This means the entire content of the directory including its own subdirectories, everything in the directory will be copied to the destination.