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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers copying files with wildcards Post 302598907 by methyl on Wednesday 15th of February 2012 04:54:04 PM
Old 02-15-2012
@Corona688 I quote from post #1:
Quote:
I want to copy all files in the directory that start with the letters kl but have other letters after this initial two letters into another directory.
No mention of subdirectories.

(My reference to "more robust" was of course referring to the examples in post #1).

Quote:
I want to copy all files in the directory that start with the letters kl but have other letters after this initial two letters into another directory.
The more times I read this sentence the more ambiguous it becomes. Is it the filenames which start with "kl" or the directory names which start with "kl" I wonder?
I've gone for the files and Corona688 has gone for the directories.
Last edited by methyl; 02-15-2012 at 06:06 PM..
 

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NAME

       nwtrustee2 - Lists trustees and permissions of a ncp directory

SYNOPSIS

       nwtrustee2 [ -h ] [ -?  ] [ -v ] [ directory ]

DESCRIPTION

       nwtrustee2  lists  the permissions assigned to any trustees for a given ncp directory. It does not show the inherited permissions, but only
       the ones directly assigned to it.

       The letters used to express the permissions are explained in the nwgrant(1) manpage.

       The directory has to belong to a volume mounted with ncpmount or mount.ncp, if omited the current directory is used.

OPTIONS

       -h or -?
	  -h or -?  prints a short help text.

       -v
	  Verbose mode. Prints the directory name before procesing.

SEE ALSO

       nwtrustee(1), nwgrant(1), nwrevoke(1), nwrights(1)

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