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Flattening a nested directory
This is probably very simple, but I can't figure it out. I have a directory structure like this (dir2 is inside dir1):
/dir1
/dir2
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--- file1
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--- file2
What is ...
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2answers
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Difference between cp -r and cp -a
Looking for the difference between cp -r and cp -a? What does recursive mean in terms of copying files from a folder?
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Strange behaviour in recursive copy
Could someone explain why this happens?
Most specifically:
Why is one 1's content copied to f?
And why is f copied to g?
$ tree
.
0 directories, 0 files
$ mkdir 1
$ mkdir 2
$ touch 1/a
$ touch ...
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3answers
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recursively copy only images and preserve path
I'm working on a website migration. I have a scrape of the site, with all the files and directory structure as you would see them in the URL. I want to pull all images, maintaining the directory ...
