How Do I Copy Multiple Files from One Directory to Another in Unix?
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How do I copy multiple files from one directory to another in Linux?

Multiple files or directories can be copied to a destination directory at once. In this case, target must be a directory. To copy multiple files you can use wildcards (cp *. extension) having same pattern.

How do you copy multiple files in Unix?

To copy multiple files using the cp command pass the names of files followed by the destination directory to the cp command.

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