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Old 10-13-2005
ls and wild card in cp - Should be simple!
I am trying to cp files that have F0 as prefix in their name in path p1/p2 to path p3/p4

this command does not work - Why? (I am using HP/UX)

cp p1/p2/F0* p3/p4

thanks.
Last edited by GNMIKE; 10-13-2005 at 02:45 AM..
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Old 10-13-2005
What result do you get? What shell are you using?
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Old 10-13-2005
OOPS...I must appologize, I can't seem to repeat the problem to get the error message!

I remember when I attempted it, it gave me an error like "...too many parameters..."

Sorry for the inconv.

Consider it closed.

Thanks.
 
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