How to copy one file over all others? [closed]

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Okay, so I know this is possible because I found a thread in the past explaining how to do such but I just cannot find it again for the life of me. How do you copy one file in a folder over all the other files present in said folder (thusly overwriting), with just a simple, one liner bash command?

That's all I wish to know, thank you :)

asked Nov 9 at 15:19

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You mean if there are 10 files a0.txt to a9.txt, you want to be able to make 10 copies of a0.txt?
– icedwater
Nov 9 at 15:21

I wish to copy english.php over all the other language files that are present in the directory all at once, such as dutch.php, french.php, etc.
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Nov 9 at 15:24

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That's all I wish to know, thank you :)

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You mean if there are 10 files a0.txt to a9.txt, you want to be able to make 10 copies of a0.txt?
– icedwater
Nov 9 at 15:21

I wish to copy english.php over all the other language files that are present in the directory all at once, such as dutch.php, french.php, etc.
– Phobos D'thorga
Nov 9 at 15:24

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That's all I wish to know, thank you :)

asked Nov 9 at 15:19

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That's all I wish to know, thank you :)

linux bash terminal copy cp

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Phobos D'thorga

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asked Nov 9 at 15:19

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asked Nov 9 at 15:19

Phobos D'thorga

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asked Nov 9 at 15:19

Phobos D'thorga

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asked Nov 9 at 15:19

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closed as off-topic by jww, Pearly Spencer, dur, Machavity, Makyen Nov 9 at 23:35

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You mean if there are 10 files a0.txt to a9.txt, you want to be able to make 10 copies of a0.txt?
– icedwater
Nov 9 at 15:21

I wish to copy english.php over all the other language files that are present in the directory all at once, such as dutch.php, french.php, etc.
– Phobos D'thorga
Nov 9 at 15:24

add a comment |

You mean if there are 10 files a0.txt to a9.txt, you want to be able to make 10 copies of a0.txt?
– icedwater
Nov 9 at 15:21

I wish to copy english.php over all the other language files that are present in the directory all at once, such as dutch.php, french.php, etc.
– Phobos D'thorga
Nov 9 at 15:24

You mean if there are 10 files a0.txt to a9.txt, you want to be able to make 10 copies of a0.txt?
– icedwater
Nov 9 at 15:21

I wish to copy english.php over all the other language files that are present in the directory all at once, such as dutch.php, french.php, etc.
– Phobos D'thorga
Nov 9 at 15:24

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Maybe not the most efficient, but the following will work :

find . -not -name 'english.php' -exec cp 'english.php' '{}' ;

It runs cp 'english.php' '<file>' for every file of the current directory that isn't english.php

answered Nov 9 at 15:27

Aaron

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Excellent, thank you! I find this quite elegant ^ ^
– Phobos D'thorga
Nov 9 at 15:35

The problem is that it calls cp for every file, which isn't very efficient. I wouldn't be surprised if there was rsync invocation that could do it all in one shot.
– Aaron
Nov 9 at 15:54

There's only 26 files in total, and they're only a few hundred kilobytes each. It does the job so I'm happy :)
– Phobos D'thorga
Nov 9 at 15:56

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I guess something like

cp english.php copyme.txt && for file in *.php; do cat copyme.txt > $file; done && rm copyme.txt

Would replace the contents of all .php files with the contents of english.php.

I don't know if

cat english.php > *.php

works, there should be some way to force a clobber that I have forgotten for now.

answered Nov 9 at 15:30

icedwater

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cat english.php > *.php wouldn't work, it would raise an "ambiguous redirection" error.
– Aaron
Nov 20 at 16:56

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2 Answers
2

active

oldest

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2 Answers
2

active

oldest

votes

up vote
1
down vote

accepted

Maybe not the most efficient, but the following will work :

find . -not -name 'english.php' -exec cp 'english.php' '{}' ;

It runs cp 'english.php' '<file>' for every file of the current directory that isn't english.php

answered Nov 9 at 15:27

Aaron

14.6k11636

Excellent, thank you! I find this quite elegant ^ ^
– Phobos D'thorga
Nov 9 at 15:35

The problem is that it calls cp for every file, which isn't very efficient. I wouldn't be surprised if there was rsync invocation that could do it all in one shot.
– Aaron
Nov 9 at 15:54

There's only 26 files in total, and they're only a few hundred kilobytes each. It does the job so I'm happy :)
– Phobos D'thorga
Nov 9 at 15:56

add a comment |

up vote
1
down vote

accepted

Maybe not the most efficient, but the following will work :

find . -not -name 'english.php' -exec cp 'english.php' '{}' ;

It runs cp 'english.php' '<file>' for every file of the current directory that isn't english.php

answered Nov 9 at 15:27

Aaron

14.6k11636

Excellent, thank you! I find this quite elegant ^ ^
– Phobos D'thorga
Nov 9 at 15:35

The problem is that it calls cp for every file, which isn't very efficient. I wouldn't be surprised if there was rsync invocation that could do it all in one shot.
– Aaron
Nov 9 at 15:54

There's only 26 files in total, and they're only a few hundred kilobytes each. It does the job so I'm happy :)
– Phobos D'thorga
Nov 9 at 15:56

add a comment |

up vote
1
down vote

accepted

Maybe not the most efficient, but the following will work :

find . -not -name 'english.php' -exec cp 'english.php' '{}' ;

It runs cp 'english.php' '<file>' for every file of the current directory that isn't english.php

answered Nov 9 at 15:27

Aaron

14.6k11636

Maybe not the most efficient, but the following will work :

find . -not -name 'english.php' -exec cp 'english.php' '{}' ;

It runs cp 'english.php' '<file>' for every file of the current directory that isn't english.php

answered Nov 9 at 15:27

Aaron

14.6k11636

answered Nov 9 at 15:27

Aaron

14.6k11636

answered Nov 9 at 15:27

Aaron

14.6k11636

answered Nov 9 at 15:27

Aaron

14.6k11636

Excellent, thank you! I find this quite elegant ^ ^
– Phobos D'thorga
Nov 9 at 15:35

The problem is that it calls cp for every file, which isn't very efficient. I wouldn't be surprised if there was rsync invocation that could do it all in one shot.
– Aaron
Nov 9 at 15:54

There's only 26 files in total, and they're only a few hundred kilobytes each. It does the job so I'm happy :)
– Phobos D'thorga
Nov 9 at 15:56

add a comment |

Excellent, thank you! I find this quite elegant ^ ^
– Phobos D'thorga
Nov 9 at 15:35

The problem is that it calls cp for every file, which isn't very efficient. I wouldn't be surprised if there was rsync invocation that could do it all in one shot.
– Aaron
Nov 9 at 15:54

There's only 26 files in total, and they're only a few hundred kilobytes each. It does the job so I'm happy :)
– Phobos D'thorga
Nov 9 at 15:56

Excellent, thank you! I find this quite elegant ^ ^
– Phobos D'thorga
Nov 9 at 15:35

The problem is that it calls cp for every file, which isn't very efficient. I wouldn't be surprised if there was rsync invocation that could do it all in one shot.
– Aaron
Nov 9 at 15:54

There's only 26 files in total, and they're only a few hundred kilobytes each. It does the job so I'm happy :)
– Phobos D'thorga
Nov 9 at 15:56

add a comment |

up vote
-1
down vote

I guess something like

cp english.php copyme.txt && for file in *.php; do cat copyme.txt > $file; done && rm copyme.txt

Would replace the contents of all .php files with the contents of english.php.

I don't know if

cat english.php > *.php

works, there should be some way to force a clobber that I have forgotten for now.

answered Nov 9 at 15:30

icedwater

3,38532342

1

cat english.php > *.php wouldn't work, it would raise an "ambiguous redirection" error.
– Aaron
Nov 20 at 16:56

add a comment |

up vote
-1
down vote

I guess something like

cp english.php copyme.txt && for file in *.php; do cat copyme.txt > $file; done && rm copyme.txt

Would replace the contents of all .php files with the contents of english.php.

I don't know if

cat english.php > *.php

works, there should be some way to force a clobber that I have forgotten for now.

answered Nov 9 at 15:30

icedwater

3,38532342

1

cat english.php > *.php wouldn't work, it would raise an "ambiguous redirection" error.
– Aaron
Nov 20 at 16:56

add a comment |

up vote
-1
down vote

I guess something like

cp english.php copyme.txt && for file in *.php; do cat copyme.txt > $file; done && rm copyme.txt

Would replace the contents of all .php files with the contents of english.php.

I don't know if

cat english.php > *.php

works, there should be some way to force a clobber that I have forgotten for now.

answered Nov 9 at 15:30

icedwater

3,38532342

I guess something like

cp english.php copyme.txt && for file in *.php; do cat copyme.txt > $file; done && rm copyme.txt

Would replace the contents of all .php files with the contents of english.php.

I don't know if

cat english.php > *.php

works, there should be some way to force a clobber that I have forgotten for now.

answered Nov 9 at 15:30

icedwater

3,38532342

answered Nov 9 at 15:30

icedwater

3,38532342

answered Nov 9 at 15:30

icedwater

3,38532342

answered Nov 9 at 15:30

icedwater

3,38532342

1

cat english.php > *.php wouldn't work, it would raise an "ambiguous redirection" error.
– Aaron
Nov 20 at 16:56

add a comment |

1

cat english.php > *.php wouldn't work, it would raise an "ambiguous redirection" error.
– Aaron
Nov 20 at 16:56

cat english.php > *.php wouldn't work, it would raise an "ambiguous redirection" error.
– Aaron
Nov 20 at 16:56

add a comment |

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