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I would like to copy some files in a directory, renaming the files but conserving extension. Is this possible with a simple cp , using regex ? For example : cp ^myfile\.(.*) mydir/newname.$1 So I could copy the file conserving the extension but renaming it. Is there a way to get matched elements in the cp regex to use it in the command ? If not, I'll do a perl script I think, or if you have another way... Thanks Suppose you have myfile.a , myfile.b , myfile.c : for i in myfile.*; do echo mv "$i" "${i/myfile./newname.}"; done This creates (upon removal of echo ) newname.a , newname.b , newname

I realize that git works by diff'ing the contents of files. I have some files that I want to copy. To absolutely prevent git from ever getting confused, is there some git command that can be used to copy the files to a different directory (not mv, but cp), and stage the files as well? The short answer is just "no". But there is more to know; it just requires some background. (And as JDB suggests in a comment , I'll mention why git mv exists as a convenience.) Slightly longer: you're right that Git will diff files, but you may be wrong about when Git does these file-diffs. Git's internal

I just learned that cpio has three modes: copy-out, copy-in and pass-through. I was wondering what are the advantages and disadvantages of cpio under copy-out and copy-in modes over tar. When is it better to use cpio and when to use tar? Similar question for cpio under pass-through mode versus cp. Thanks and regards! I see no reason to use cpio for any reason other than ripping opened RPM files, via disrpm or rpm2cpio , but there may be corner cases in which cpio is preferable to tar. History and popularity Both tar and cpio are competing archive formats that were introduced in Version 7 Unix

Is there a one-line command/script to copy one file to many files on Linux? cp file1 file2 file3 copies the first two files into the third. Is there a way to copy the first file into the rest? Does cp file1 file2 ; cp file1 file3 count as a "one-line command/script"? How about for file in file2 file3 ; do cp file1 "$file" ; done ? Or, for a slightly looser sense of "copy": tee <file1 file2 file3 >/dev/null Yevgen just for fun, if you need a big list of files: tee <sourcefile.jpg targetfiles{01-50}.jpg >/dev/null - Kelvin Feb 12 at 19:52 But there's a little typo. Should be: tee <sourcefile.jpg