> If you mean copying multiple directories, just do:
> 
>   sudo cp DIRECTORY-1 DIRECTORY-2 DIRECTORY-3 HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY

Also, add the `-r` flag to `cp` when copying directories. Without this
flag, this command will refuse to include the contents of source
directories in the copy being made.

It'll look like

    sudo cp -r DIRECTORY-1 DIRECTORY-2 DIRECTORY-3 HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY

Wojtek

P.S. Good luck finding a packager for nautilus-admin. Unfortunately, I
cannot do this

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On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:41:35 +0100
"(" <paren@disroot.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> writes:
> > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have constantly problems to copy something to my external harddrive, because
> > it needs root rights.
> > I can do it only in the commandline, which gives me a lot of trouble, e.g. when
> > I want to copy all directories at once.
> > I don’t know the command for it.  
> 
> What do you mean, specifically, by "copying all directories at once"?
> If you mean copying everything in a specific directory, you could try:
> 
>   sudo cp ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY/* HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY
> 
> This command uses a /wildcard/, *, which expands the word
> 'ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY' to multiple words, one for each member of
> 'ORIGINAL-DIRECTORY'.
> 
> If you mean copying multiple directories, just do:
> 
>   sudo cp DIRECTORY-1 DIRECTORY-2 DIRECTORY-3 HARDDRIVE-DIRECTORY
> 
> Commands aren't as scary as they seem from afar.  I'd highly recommend
> you take the time to learn about them :)
>