From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 4 23:46:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from alpha.comkey.com.au (alpha.comkey.com.au [203.9.152.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3A59A150D4 for ; Thu, 4 Mar 1999 23:46:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjb@comkey.com.au) Received: (qmail 14208 invoked by uid 1001); 5 Mar 1999 07:28:54 -0000 Message-ID: <19990305072854.14207.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> X-Posted-By: GBA-Post 1.04 06-Feb-1999 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5A91 6942 8CEA 9DAB B95B C249 1CE1 493B 2B5A CE30 Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 17:28:54 +1000 From: Greg Black To: trout2 Cc: Keith Anderson , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: omething simple (sorry) References: In-reply-to: of Thu, 04 Mar 1999 16:09:33 CST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > mv * /newpath > will move all files in working directory to /newpath (wherever) > > cp * /newpath > will copy all files in working dir to /newpath > > check out the man pages for details, but that should work. But it won't do what was asked. > the wildcard * will replace zero or more characters. > using ? will replace one character. > > always be careful using wildcards. Always be careful answering questions, lest you answer something that wasn't asked and make yourself look silly in the process. -- Greg Black To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message