How Do I Copy a File to Multiple Directories in Linux?
Contents How Do I Copy a File to Multiple Folders in Linux? the Short Answer Is No. You Can Not Use Gnu/Cp or Bsd/Cp to Copy a Single File to Multiple...
How do I copy a file to multiple folders in Linux?
The short answer is no. You can not use GNU/cp or BSD/cp to copy a single file to multiple directories. However, you can use combination of cp and xargs/parallel and other commands to copy a single file to multiple directories in MacOS, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and Unix-like systems.
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How do I copy a file to multiple folders?
If you need to copy a file to multiple folders, you can hold down the Ctrl key, and drag the file or folder on to each folder you want to copy it to. This is time consuming since you still have to drop the file on to every single folder you want to copy the file (or folder) to.
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