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Re: [opensuse] silly girls' cli copy problem
- From: Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:39:49 -0400
- Message-id: <46D8A6C5.8040802@xxxxxx>
On 2007/09/01 00:41 (GMT+0200) primm apparently typed:
> I've 800 or so files and folders in a folder called nonmembers. I mkdir
> another folder in the folder nonmembers called members. I want to copy all
> the 800 files in nonmembers to members. I'm in the nonmembers folder at the
> command line. What do I type? Sounds easy doesn't it. I tried cp -a * members
> but that of course includes members. I suppose I want to say 'copy everything
> in the nonmembers folder that was there before I made the members folder to
> the members folder'. If I had a gui I would simply drag and drop.
The others' answers got you by, but consider for the future another option -
a text mode OFM, or shell. Most behave similar to a GUI in having 2 opposing
panes, so that you can copy or move between panes (directories) with a
minimum of keystrokes, or even with a mouse. They can even be run in X.
Konsole includes in its main menu the one most Linux OFM users use: MC
(Midnight Commander). It's in the standard repos if not already installed.
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> I've 800 or so files and folders in a folder called nonmembers. I mkdir
> another folder in the folder nonmembers called members. I want to copy all
> the 800 files in nonmembers to members. I'm in the nonmembers folder at the
> command line. What do I type? Sounds easy doesn't it. I tried cp -a * members
> but that of course includes members. I suppose I want to say 'copy everything
> in the nonmembers folder that was there before I made the members folder to
> the members folder'. If I had a gui I would simply drag and drop.
The others' answers got you by, but consider for the future another option -
a text mode OFM, or shell. Most behave similar to a GUI in having 2 opposing
panes, so that you can copy or move between panes (directories) with a
minimum of keystrokes, or even with a mouse. They can even be run in X.
Konsole includes in its main menu the one most Linux OFM users use: MC
(Midnight Commander). It's in the standard repos if not already installed.
--
" It is impossible to rightly govern the world without
God and the Bible." George Washington
Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409
Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/
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