How to copy a folder to multiple folders using command line? [duplicate]
Solution 1:
I'd suggest using a while ... do loop
while read -r d; do
cp -R -- foo/ "$d"
done < destinations.txt
Alternatively, using xargs
xargs -n1 -a destinations.txt cp -R foo --
Solution 2:
Assuming your first folder is called foo and you want to copy it to directories, which are specified in destinations.txt (one per line).
You could use a for-loop for this:
for i in $(cat destinations.txt)
do
echo "$i" #prints the name of the current target -> you can see progress, if it takes long
cp -R foo/ "$i"
done