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I can't believe it was that simple Thanks again

Thanks you are a legend!

Hi there, I need some help with cp files from one directory into several others. The code is as follows:

SUB=`ls src_directory | wc -l`

OUT_LOOP=$(($SUB / $MK_NUMS))

IN_LOOP=$(($SUB %...

Okay ! the commands:

ls directory1 | head -22 |
while read file
do
cp $file directory2
done

do almost what I want them to do except they keep sending me this error message:

cp:...

Thanks very much. It's exactly what I was looking for.

Could someone please tell me if there is a command similar to head or tail that can be used on directories. I want to select a given number of files from a directory and copy them into another...