On 1/27/14, Mathias Bauer <mba...@gmx.org> 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 (+0000): >> > >> > > > 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. >> > >> > [...] >> >> It does if there's only one file in A and B does not exist. >> >> $ mkdir A; echo HI >> A/foo >> $ cp -a A/* B >> $ cat B >> HI > > Yes, but ... come on, that's a rather trivial shell expansion! > By the way, don't you consider it a little bit strange to change > the original problem conditions *afterwards*? > > * Lisi Reisz wrote on Sun, 26 Jan 2014, at 14:26 (+0000): > >> I am wanting to use the CLI to copy some files from dirA to >> dirB. I want to exclude all hidden files. > > Read ... file*S*.
Now come on ... there is no reduction in functionality by appending '/', and yet there is the advantage of training the fingers in a way that _actually_helps_ in certain potential other cases. That's all I and others are saying. I personally have been bitten at least twice in 20 years by _not_ appending '/' after my destination _directory_name_ ... Henceforth we shall limit all responses to the question, only the question, and nothing but the OP's precise question! Or else! All contributors beware. :) -- 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/caosgnsra80oz8pdrlf6+d9advwhohznhvhq4vg2tsoudu14...@mail.gmail.com
