Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 10:21:37 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: How To Copy A Group of Files To Different Name? Message-ID: <40AA4621.3000605@mykitchentable.net>
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How can I copy a group of files to a different name. I want to copy all files starting with 'bacula*' to 'bacula*.old'. So I have these four files: blacklamb# ll bac* -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 949 Apr 22 09:13 bacula-barcodes -rw-r----- 1 root wheel 5792 May 17 16:52 bacula-dir.conf -rw-r----- 1 root wheel 763 Apr 22 09:13 bacula-fd.conf -rw-r----- 1 root wheel 1909 May 17 16:31 bacula-sd.conf I want to have copies of these files with '.old' appended to their names. I've tried 'cp -pv bac* bac*.old' but cp complains. Because it's only 4 files, I'll do each one independently but I'd like to know how to do this "right" for future reference. Thanks, Drew -- Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse Magic Tricks, DVDs, Videos, Books, & More! http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com
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