OT (ish): How to copy hidden files/directories

[Angela Kahealani]

On Friday 2004-10-08 21:47, CB wrote:
> I can't figure out how to do this: copy (or move) all the hidden
> files and directories contained in one directory to another
> directory.
>
> Is it as embarrasingly simple as I imagine it must be?

rsync -auvH source-dir/{*,.[^.]*} destination-dir

unlesss, one dir contains the other.

For cloning rather than updating destination-dir

rsync -auvH --delete source-dir/{*,.[^.]*} destination-dir

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