On Sun 26 Jan 2014 at 16:05:52 +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: > As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the bullet of > rsync. It seems a significantly better tool for the purpose than cp. The Midnight Commander (mc) is worth considerating for the sort of job you described. See 'File Selection Mechanisms' at http://linuxgazette.net/23/wkndmech_dec97/mc_article.html