Apr 18, 2011 · The reason it says omitting directory is because cp and all copy utilities, that I know of, create a list of files and sub-directories to be copied before starting to copy the files. When …

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Aug 10, 2014 · $ cp src/f1 src/f2 src/f3 src/d1 src/d2 dest/ cp: omitting directory 'src/d1' cp: omitting directory 'src/d2' That means, we have only copied simple files, and no directories, to dest. …

Sep 26, 2015 · I've tested the cp command, and it will only copy individual files. For example, I typed cp followed by the exact filename, then typed the directory and the file got copied. …

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cp: omitting directory ‘DIR1’ I understand why nothing from DIR1 gets copied (because I didn't use -r switch that would enforce recursion) but I'd expect the DIR1 folder itself copied to NEWDIR2 …

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Apr 15, 2019 · You can say: cp -a ../somedir . if you want to copy the folder it self with its content Or you can say . cp -a ../somedir/* .

Mar 4, 2018 · shift is good when the first one or more args are special and it makes sense to pick them out into separate variables (foo="$1"; bar="$2";, or if [[ something with $1 ]];then blah …

Nov 15, 2022 · I want to copy all /etc directories without the files inside of them to other directories. There's another condition that they must start with a, b or c just from the first level.