Copying numerical range of folders

[Rashkae]

Oliver Marshall wrote:
> Hi chaps
> 
> Whats the best way of copying a range of folders which have the name in the form of Knnnnn from one folder to another? I want to copy K8100 to K8945. I've tried;
> 
> Sudo cp /folder/k8[100-945] /folder2 blah blah
> 
> But that tells me there are no folders called k8[100-945]. However the following does work;
> 
> Sudo cp /folder/k810[0-9] /folder2 blah blah
> 
> But that only copies 10 folders at a time, and I would have to do the copy in lots of chunks through the night.
> 
> Any ideas ?
> 
> 
> Olly
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I'm sure there is an easy and clever command line shortcut to exactly
what you want.  but not having one at my fingertips, I would use mc or a
gui to highlight the ranger of folders desired.