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[G T Smith <grahamsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Sep 1 2007 09:02, G T Smith wrote:
>>>> nonmembers folder at the command line. What do I type?
>>> rsync -AHPSXav --exclude=members * members/;
>>>
>>>> Sounds easy doesn't it.
>>> Indeed, I am not sure why everyone tries to use cp, ls, grep and
>>> pipes.
>> Indeed (now rsync as well)...
>>
>> when...
>>
>> cp -dpP * members
>>
>> will actually do the required job...( I did test it after I wondered why
>> everyone was missing the obvious :-) )
> 
> That certainly does not work.
> 
> 10:14 ichi:../home/nonmembers > mkdir 100 200 300 400
> 10:14 ichi:../home/nonmembers > touch 100/100 200/200 300/300 400/400
> 10:14 ichi:../home/nonmembers > md members
> 10:14 ichi:../home/nonmembers > cp -Pdp * members
> /bin/cp: omitting directory `100'
> /bin/cp: omitting directory `200'
> /bin/cp: omitting directory `300'
> /bin/cp: omitting directory `400'
> /bin/cp: omitting directory `members'
> 
> 
> 
>         Jan


I missed the folders part in OP which was why I was a bit puzzled by the
complexity of some of responses.. but

cp -a [!m]* members;cp -dpP m* members

will work if members is the only directory with an m at the beginning,
in the copied tree.

Another posters suggestion of

mv members .members; cp -a * .members; mv .members members

is definitely neater if this is not the case...

:-)

and almost certainly deals with the possibility that there is another
members subfolder or file in the copied tree... which I am not entirely
certain your option will handle...

All the other alternatives offered worked with the standard cli tools..

IMHO This is one of the few occasions where a GUI or CUI such as mc or
YTREE is more effective than than the CLI



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