cp: Argument list too long

[G.D.Thurman]

On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Bill Earl wrote:

> cp /mydir/myfiles/*.pdf  /newdir/
> 
Switching your current working directory to /mydir/myfiles
will prevent the  /mydir/myfiles/  from being prefixed to
all the dot-pdf filenames.

   $ cd /mydir/myfiles
   $ cp *.pdf /newdir

If that doesn't help, then you can use character classes
and multiple 'cp' commands.

For example,

   $ cp [a-m]*.pdf /newdir
   $ cp [n-z]*.pdf /newdir
   $ cp [0-9]*.pdf /newdir
   $ cp *.pdf /newdir

G.D.Thurman [CS/CIS Instructor]     
Scottsdale Community College
480.423.6110