new to ubuntu and i keep reading the stuff posted but it isn't working for me, help!!! I am missing something hope someone can help. I am trying to copy files from one folder to another. when i do this it copies all folders into the the folder. the problem is i didnt want copies of all the folders i just wanted the files in the one folder to copy to another folder:

cp -a /home/troy/Downloads/ . /home/troy/.gs/