You can get around the dir1/.* /hidden files problem by cd-ing into the directory you want to copy from, and then referring to it as .. So, if you want to copy all files including hidden files from a directory into …

I'm generating an SSH key but I don't know how to copy the key from id_rsa.pub to the clipboard. I'm using BackBox Linux.

May 25, 2017 · Just to cover an edge case:) and because the question title asks (at least now) how to copy the output of a command directly to clipboard. Oftentimes, I find it useful to copy the output of …

10 You need to use cp -t /home/shantanu/tosend in order to tell it that the argument is the target directory and not a source. You can then change it to -exec ... + in order to get cp to copy as many …

Oct 7, 2009 · @ssasi won't work, will say "directory doesn't exist" if you supply trailing / or copy as an intended directory if you don't and parent directory exists. It's to recursively copy directory, not to …

Jan 14, 2017 · Is there a one-line command/script to copy one file to many files on Linux? cp file1 file2 file3 copies the first two files into the third. Is there a way to copy the first file into the rest?

The premise of the question is incorrect. The idea is, once logged into ssh, how to move files from the logged-in machine back to the client that is logged in. However, scp is not aware of nor can it use the …

19 You could use something like the following scp -r linux_username@linux_address:path/to/file path/to/local/directory This will copy file to the specified local directory on the system you are …

Apr 14, 2015 · I am wondering if there is an identical command for copying a folder to current directory like it did using the old MS-DOS. Let's say my current directory location is: /var/www/ I have folders …

On a linux VM, I can use SFTP to transfer files, what do I use to transfer file PROPERLY from Window to linux subsystem ? this does not provide a solution.