Copy folder into multiple subdirectories


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How do I do the following via command line:

The following directory: /forums/style_images/1/folder_image_report/

How do I copy folder_image_report into ALL subdirectories of style_images/ ?

Something like cp -R folder_image_report /forums/style_images/*/ .... I don't know.

Thanks.

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$ cd /forums/style_images

$ for i in *; do cp -R 1/folder_image_report $i; done

This will come up with an error like "cp: `1/folder_image_report/' and `1/folder_image_report/' are the same file", but just ignore that.

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