[svlug]how to copy a bunch of "." files?

[Ian B MacLure]

>On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 01:25:31PM -0700, Daevid Vincent wrote:
>  > given a directory with . files in it, how do I copy them all to another
>  > directory?
>
>find . -type f -maxdepth 1 | xargs -i mv '{}' otherdir

	Change that "mv" to "cp" first though.
	User did specify "copy".

	IBM

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