Hi,

I mean to copy everything, all directories and files including all 
sub-directories (which are 40 directories and 40 files) on the external 
harddrive /SD-Card to an other external hard drive

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


I don’t want to write every of the 40 directories and of the 40 files by 
hand but think
there is a command to copy all at once.

I was looking on the internet for this,
but didn’t find any command.

> Commands aren't as scary as they seem from afar.  I'd highly recommend
>> you take the time to learn about them :)

I have a book about Terminal commands,
but there I couldn’t find what I need.


Kind regards

Gottfried



Am 12.04.23 um 16:41 schrieb (:
> 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 :)

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