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Suppose That You Wished To Copy All Of The Text Files From Yourfileass

Suppose that you wished to copy all of the text files from your fileAsst directory into your current directory (without typing out the name of each individual file). What command would you give to make that copy? Suppose that you wished to copy all of the text files from your fileAsst directory and all of the files from your fileAsst/Planes directory into your current directory (without typing out the name of each individual file). What command would you give to make that copy? I need the solution in Unix language.

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To accomplish the task of copying all text files from a specific directory to your current directory using Unix commands, you can utilize the 'cp' command combined with wildcard patterns. Unix's wildcard characters allow you to specify multiple files matching certain patterns without explicitly listing each filename.

Copying all text files from 'yourfileass' directory to the current directory

The command to copy all text files (assuming they have the '.txt' extension) from 'yourfileass' directory to your current directory is:

cp yourfileass/*.txt .

This command uses the wildcard '*.txt' to match all files ending with '.txt' in the 'yourfileass' directory. The dot '.' at the end indicates the current directory as the destination.

Copying all text files from 'yourfileass' and 'yourfileass/Planes' directories to the current directory

To copy text files from both directories, you can use the following command:

cp yourfileass/.txt yourfileass/Planes/.txt .

This command explicitly specifies the pattern '*.txt' in both directories. The files matching these patterns will be copied into the current directory. Ensure that the directories exist and contain the relevant files.

Alternative approach using find command

Alternatively, especially if you need to include files from nested directories or have complex patterns, the find command can be used. For instance:

find yourfileass -name '*.txt' -exec cp {} . \;

This command searches recursively in 'yourfileass' for files ending with '.txt' and copies each to the current directory. To restrict the search to only specified directories, you can limit 'find' to those directories explicitly.

Conclusion

Using wildcard patterns with the 'cp' command provides an efficient way to copy multiple files matching specific patterns between directories in Unix. The command should be adapted to your specific directory names and file extensions. Always verify the files have been copied correctly by listing the contents of the current directory using ls.

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