How to copy multiple files from a different directory using cp?
If all the files you want to copy are in the pattern of file{number}{othertext}
, you could use something like:
cp ../dir5/dir4/dir3/dir2/file[0-9]* .
Note that this will copy file5
, but it will also copy file0abc
.
If you would like to copy ONLY those four files (and not the {othertext} ones), you can use:
cp ../dir5/dir4/dir3/dir2/file[1-4] .
Note that while this looks like part of a regular expression, it is not.