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Use one command in Linux to copy directories to multiple folders.

In Linux, the cp command is often used to copy files from one folder to another. The simplest syntax is as follows:

# cp [options... .] Source (s) destination

Alternatively, you can use the advanced copy command, which displays a progress bar when copying large files or folders.

Take a look at the following command, usually you will use two different commands to copy the same file to a different folder:

# cp-v / home/aaronkilik/bin/sys_info.sh / home/aaronkilik/test # cp-v / home/aaronkilik/bin/sys_info.sh / home/aaronkilik/tmp

Copy files to multiple folders

Suppose you want to copy a specific file to five or more folders, does that mean you need to type five or more cp commands?

To get rid of this problem, you can use the cp command with the echo command, pipe, xargs command:

# echo / home/aaronkilik/test/ / home/aaronkilik/tmp | xargs-n 1 cp-v / home/aaronkilik/bin/sys_info.sh

In the above command, the path to the directory (dir1, dir2, dir3...dirN) is piped into the xargs command, meaning:

-n 1-tells the xargs command to take at most one argument per command line and sends it to the cp command.

Cp-used to copy files.

-v-enable detail mode to display more replication details.

Copy files to multiple locations in Linux

Try reading the man pages of cp, echo, and xargs to find all useful and advanced usage information:

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