On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 11:44 PM, mark <m.roth2006@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Raj Har wrote: > > hello everybody, > > i am new in Linux so please help me. > > i made users like user1,user2,user3,user4.not from useradd command. > > and i wanna copy all skel file in these users home directory. > > i am using this command. > > cp -rf /etc/skel/.bash* /home/user* > > but its not working. > > > > and i wanna know exact mean of "-r" option. > Try this ################### 1) Save the list of user names to a file say: /home/user.txt 2) then run the following command: for user in `cat /home/user.txt` ; do cp -f /etc/skel/.bash* /home/$user/ ; done Btw, -r option means ( copy recursive for cp command ) , however, since you are likely to copy files only ( .bash* ) , so -r option is not necessary. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
