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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Cp and create files as {,.bak} Post 302823067 by alister on Tuesday 18th of June 2013 05:20:07 PM
Old 06-18-2013
What you're attempting is not possible because when there are more than 2 arguments cp treats the last as a directory.

Regards,
Alister
 

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gnustep-tests(1)					       GNUstep System Manual						  gnustep-tests(1)

NAME
gnustep-tests - script to run a GNUstep testsuite SYNOPSIS
gnustep-tests [ directory | test.m ] DESCRIPTION
gnustep-tests runs the specified tests, or any tests found in the directory. If no arguments are given, the current directory and its sub- directories are scanned and processed accordingly. OPTIONS
--documentation prints full details about the testing framework --clean deletes old logs and any leftover files --failfast stops after the first encountered test failure --debug runs any failed tests in gdb(1) --developer treats any hopes as real tests --verbose detailed log output --sequential disables parallel building SEE ALSO
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