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rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1559 / 3 Years ago, tue, august 17, 2021, 7:48:48

Assuming I'm not in my home directory, I want to copy all the files starting with "a" from my home directory to my current directory.

I've tried cp ~ a* . and different variations of that but it hasn't worked at all.
Thank you.

Edit: *Thank you again

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answered 3 Years ago warrdel · Accepted Answer

This should do the trick:

cp -r ~/a* <path-to-end-directory>

Your current directory is ., the directory above you is ..
.

So the exact command you'd want is cp -r ~/a* .