How do you copy a file to multiple directories?

Don Calfa wrote:
> I know there is a way to do this with *nix's superior scripting ability
> but I just don't know how.
>
> How can I copy a file to multiple subdirectories?
>
>
> I have a folder that has subdirectories and subdirectories and so on.
>

> /FolderA
> /FolderB1                                            /FolderB2
> /FolderC1_1    /FolderC1_2              /Folder C2_1

>
> I'm toying with gnump3d and I've got it working with PN (sort of) and I
> need to copy the password files to all the directories.

Assuming you want to copy /some/file/somewhere to all directories under
/some/directory, including /some/directory:

cd /some/directory
find . -type d -exec cp /some/file/somewhere '{}' \;

voila.
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