GNU bug report logs - #6353
cp and mv with single wild card argument acts as if multiple arguments were entered.

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Darwin Gregory <darwin.gregory <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 16:17:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>

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From: "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams <at> gnu.org>
To: Darwin Gregory <darwin.gregory <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 6353 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6353: cp and mv with single wild card argument acts as if multiple arguments were entered.
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:44:55 -0400

   If you execute "cp /path/*" the command expands the wildcard, and
   treats the last file as the destination directory.

That is at it should be, * is expanded by the shell, not by the command.
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