Groovy execute “cp *” shell command

Question

I want to copy text files and only text files from src/ to dst/

groovy:000> \"cp src/*.txt dst/\".execute().text       
===> 
groovy:000> 
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Answer 1

Wildcard expansion is performed by the shell, not by cp (or groovy). Your first example is trying to copy a file named *. You could make your command "sh -c 'cp ...'"