Doing a copy of a file to sub-dirs

#!/bin/bash

for directory in a b c d e f g
 do
cp file.txt $directory/
 done

ls -d a b c d e f g|xargs -n1 cp file.txt

Hi,

  For rugdog's script/comand, I did some modification:
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ls -d * |xargs -n1 cp file.txt
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Wesly

Wesly,
   that's dangerous assuming file.txt, a, b, c, d, e, f and g are not the only files in the current directory. if you have more files all will end being like file.txt.

If you don't want to type in the directories and/or they will vary in name and quantity, do:

find /path/to/dirs -type d -maxdepth 1 -exec cp /path/to/file.txt {} \;

TinTin,

Please describe your command so I can understand what each part does.

Thanks!

Randy

based on rugdog command, if you want to copy the file to all subdirectories:

# ls -F |grep "/" |xargs -n1 cp file.txt

I have learned to use perl from command line for times like this. I liken it to "Using the force"

Assuming you are in the parent directory of a->g:

perl -e 'my @arry=(a..g); for (@arry) {system("cp file.txt ./$_");}'

Highest regards,

~K Black
Irvine, Ca.

rugdog's version is certainly the shortest and simpliest.

To expand of the find command:

find /path/to/dirs -type d -maxdepth 1 -exec cp /path/to/file.txt {} \;

/path/to/dirs - Path to the directory to start searching from
-type d  - Only match directories
-maxdepth 1 - Don't descend to subdirectories
-exec  fork a command
cp /path/to/file.txt {} \;   - Copy file.txt to the matched directory, which is specified with {}

tintin, i found that your find command statement will also copy file.txt to the directory i start searching from.

I can't possibly see how you would get two different versions of file.txt being copied.  Are you using correct paths?