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Let's assume that you have a directory "test" containing the following files: [root@blackmod test]# ls -la
total 8
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 2010-03-10 06:11 .
dr-xr-x---. 11 root root 4096 2010-03-10 06:13 ..
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 2010-03-10 06:11 file1
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 2010-03-10 06:11 file2
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 2010-03-10 06:11 .hidden
If you want to copy all 3 files to /tmp/ you have to use 2 commands: 1 to copy all visible files: [root@blackmod test]# cp -v /root/test/* /tmp/
`/root/test/file1' -> `/tmp/file1'
`/root/test/file2' -> `/tmp/file2'
and a second command to copy all hidden files (files which start with a '.'): [root@blackmod test]# cp -v /root/test/.* /tmp/
cp: omitting directory `/root/test/.'
cp: omitting directory `/root/test/..'
`/root/test/.hidden' -> `/tmp/.hidden'
A much easier way to do that is to set the "dotglob" shell option: [root@blackmod test]# shopt -s dotglob {chilicode} --> If set, bash includes filenames beginning with a ‘.’ in the results of pathname expansion. {chilicode} [root@blackmod test]# cp -v /root/test/* /tmp/
`/root/test/file1' -> `/tmp/file1'
`/root/test/file2' -> `/tmp/file2'
`/root/test/.hidden' -> `/tmp/.hidden'
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