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On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Liam R E Quin <liam@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2013-05-21 at 01:35 +0100, Ihe Onwuka wrote: > >> it's not hard to find another example (try hidden files) - should I >> be forced to write a recursive shell depending on whether I want to >> exclude or include them in the copy? > > Or - it's amazing that the Unix (and Linux) shell is powerful enough > that I can write a simple recursive script to copy a folder but not copy > files matching a pattern I supply. > > You're not forced to do it, you're enabled. If you don't want to write > the script and can't find osmeone else who did it, > That's what my friend does when he needs this sort of relatively trivial stuff done - he asks me - and because he is a good friend I oblige. If you asked him I doubt he would tell you he feels enabled or empowered because usually the request is accompanied by a statement like "this stuff is beyond dabblers like myself".
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