Hehe, Teaches me not to RTFM. -Eric From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, documentation Dept.
On Jul 5, 2025, at 9:39 PM, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss <[email protected]> wrote: man cp says it’s even simpler: -n Do not overwrite an existing file. (The -n option overrides any previous -f or -i options.) -David Schwartz > On Jul 5, 2025, at 9:37 PM, David Schwartz <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > some variation of this will probably work: > > find . *.* -exec [!exists xyzzy/{}] && cp {} xyzzy ; > > -David Schwartz > > > >> On Jul 5, 2025, at 8:42 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> Simple question: How does one copy all files except those exiting already? >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list: [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> <https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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