[clug] Bashism desired

[Scott Ferguson]

On 12/03/13 12:52, Chris Smart wrote:
> On 12/03/13 12:47, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> I often wish there was way to reduce repetition within a single command
>> run in Bash to save typing and reduce errors.
>> Perhaps there is and it's so obvious I've forgotten/keep overlooking it :/
>>
>> Examples:-
>> 1. cp some_directory_path/some_file some_directory/some_file.variation
> 
> I often use:
> cp some_directory_path/part-to-keep{part-to-change,new-part}
> 
> -c


Yes that's the thingy!  Thankyou

I'd best go purchase a Walker frame soon it looks like I'll be needing
it sooner than expected.

On 12/03/13 12:55, Carlo Hamalainen wrote:

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>
>
> This is between two different directories, i.e.
>
> cp dir1/some_file dir2/some_file.variation ?


No. Apologies for the ambiguity.



Kind regards