Linux command cp producing omitted directory

Question

I want to place 1 file called "test1.html" in 100 different directories of website.

Directory structure is like the following

/home/domain.com/public_html/ (domain.com name are change for every directory so i use * .

File are here: /root/test1.html

I have try it by : cp test1.html /home/*/public_html/ via root account but give me

cp: omitting directory `/home/domain1.com/public_html/'
cp: omitting directory `/home/domain2.com/public_html/'

and so on.

how to place the one file in all domains directory?

it's Centos 5.9

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 21 '13 at 13:21

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Try:

for dest in /home/*/public_html/
do 
   cp test1.html $dest
done

Since you are writing in user-owned directories be careful of you umask setting - it controls permissions on the file. You can use cp -p to keep the exact permissions on test1.html preserved.

answered Nov 21 '13 at 13:21

jim mcnamara

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Thanks for reply, but it not make any sense to me. can you please write in more easy way ? – user2986500 Nov 21 '13 at 13:27

Harry · Answer 2 · 2013-11-21T13:36:29.997

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Try this:

cd /home/; find . -name public_html -type d | xargs -I {} cp /root/test1.html {};

edited Nov 21 '13 at 13:36

answered Nov 21 '13 at 13:23

Harry

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Thanks but not working. [root@uk ~]# cd /home/; find . -name public_html -type d | xargs -i {} cp /root/googleba3771cddb278c04.html {}; xargs: {}: No such file or directory – user2986500 Nov 21 '13 at 13:27
Damn. Its capital i: Edited response – Harry Nov 21 '13 at 13:35

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 04 '22 at 20:21

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It should be written: cp -R test1.html /home/*/public_html/

-R stands for recursive and without it it doesn't want to do all the directories.

answered Feb 04 '22 at 20:21

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`cp` doesn't support multiple target directories. That's why the other answers use loops or `xargs`, so `cp` can be called many times. – John Kugelman Feb 04 '22 at 20:26
Those other answers didn't work for me, but this did. – My Code Made Me Suicidal Feb 04 '22 at 20:32
Sounds like you are copying **from** one or more directories, in which case `-R` is the right answer. In this question the OP was trying to copy **to** a bunch of directories. `-R` doesn't help with that. – John Kugelman Feb 04 '22 at 20:37

Linux command cp producing omitted directory

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