How can i copy files from any usb stick to user's home directory using terminal commanld line?

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As i mentioned in my question title above i have a usb stick that contains the folders "theme" and "icons". I want to copy those 2 folders in the folder home/andrew/.config folder of my computer or any other computer. How can i do that using the terminal?



I am on a Linux Mint xfce system.






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    If it's just a one-time copy, running cp -r src-dir dest-dir should be sufficient. Are you looking for something more advanced?
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As i mentioned in my question title above i have a usb stick that contains the folders "theme" and "icons". I want to copy those 2 folders in the folder home/andrew/.config folder of my computer or any other computer. How can i do that using the terminal?



I am on a Linux Mint xfce system.






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    If it's just a one-time copy, running cp -r src-dir dest-dir should be sufficient. Are you looking for something more advanced?
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As i mentioned in my question title above i have a usb stick that contains the folders "theme" and "icons". I want to copy those 2 folders in the folder home/andrew/.config folder of my computer or any other computer. How can i do that using the terminal?



I am on a Linux Mint xfce system.






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As i mentioned in my question title above i have a usb stick that contains the folders "theme" and "icons". I want to copy those 2 folders in the folder home/andrew/.config folder of my computer or any other computer. How can i do that using the terminal?



I am on a Linux Mint xfce system.






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    If it's just a one-time copy, running cp -r src-dir dest-dir should be sufficient. Are you looking for something more advanced?
    – Haxiel
    Dec 2 at 13:47













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    If it's just a one-time copy, running cp -r src-dir dest-dir should be sufficient. Are you looking for something more advanced?
    – Haxiel
    Dec 2 at 13:47








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If it's just a one-time copy, running cp -r src-dir dest-dir should be sufficient. Are you looking for something more advanced?
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If it's just a one-time copy, running cp -r src-dir dest-dir should be sufficient. Are you looking for something more advanced?
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Given your username is Andrew or rather andrew, it will most likely be mounted under /media/andrew/a_volume_name. So first you need to get this full path. You can store it in a shell variable to make things easy:



ls /media/andrew


See or find the right entry in the output, and now save it in the source directory variable:



s_dir=/media/andrew/my_usb_drive


Of course replace my_usb_drive with the right name. Once you have this, enter this command:



cp -r "$s_dir"/theme "$s_dir"/icons /home/andrew/.config





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  • Is there any wild card for the usb path? For example how can i copy my usb folders to a friend's computer if i dont know the name of his home directory?
    – Designer
    Dec 2 at 15:42










  • Run ls /home ...
    – Panther
    Dec 2 at 16:03










  • The usb mount point is variable. /media is deprecated in many modern OS. Run mount to find the mount point
    – Panther
    Dec 2 at 16:05






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    ~ is a variable which directly references the current users home directory.
    – Panki
    Dec 2 at 17:15







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    @Designer This is too broad to automate easily, though it may be done, as per the comments above.
    – Tomasz
    Dec 2 at 17:21










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Given your username is Andrew or rather andrew, it will most likely be mounted under /media/andrew/a_volume_name. So first you need to get this full path. You can store it in a shell variable to make things easy:



ls /media/andrew


See or find the right entry in the output, and now save it in the source directory variable:



s_dir=/media/andrew/my_usb_drive


Of course replace my_usb_drive with the right name. Once you have this, enter this command:



cp -r "$s_dir"/theme "$s_dir"/icons /home/andrew/.config





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  • Is there any wild card for the usb path? For example how can i copy my usb folders to a friend's computer if i dont know the name of his home directory?
    – Designer
    Dec 2 at 15:42










  • Run ls /home ...
    – Panther
    Dec 2 at 16:03










  • The usb mount point is variable. /media is deprecated in many modern OS. Run mount to find the mount point
    – Panther
    Dec 2 at 16:05






  • 1




    ~ is a variable which directly references the current users home directory.
    – Panki
    Dec 2 at 17:15







  • 1




    @Designer This is too broad to automate easily, though it may be done, as per the comments above.
    – Tomasz
    Dec 2 at 17:21














up vote
0
down vote













Given your username is Andrew or rather andrew, it will most likely be mounted under /media/andrew/a_volume_name. So first you need to get this full path. You can store it in a shell variable to make things easy:



ls /media/andrew


See or find the right entry in the output, and now save it in the source directory variable:



s_dir=/media/andrew/my_usb_drive


Of course replace my_usb_drive with the right name. Once you have this, enter this command:



cp -r "$s_dir"/theme "$s_dir"/icons /home/andrew/.config





share|improve this answer




















  • Is there any wild card for the usb path? For example how can i copy my usb folders to a friend's computer if i dont know the name of his home directory?
    – Designer
    Dec 2 at 15:42










  • Run ls /home ...
    – Panther
    Dec 2 at 16:03










  • The usb mount point is variable. /media is deprecated in many modern OS. Run mount to find the mount point
    – Panther
    Dec 2 at 16:05






  • 1




    ~ is a variable which directly references the current users home directory.
    – Panki
    Dec 2 at 17:15







  • 1




    @Designer This is too broad to automate easily, though it may be done, as per the comments above.
    – Tomasz
    Dec 2 at 17:21












up vote
0
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up vote
0
down vote









Given your username is Andrew or rather andrew, it will most likely be mounted under /media/andrew/a_volume_name. So first you need to get this full path. You can store it in a shell variable to make things easy:



ls /media/andrew


See or find the right entry in the output, and now save it in the source directory variable:



s_dir=/media/andrew/my_usb_drive


Of course replace my_usb_drive with the right name. Once you have this, enter this command:



cp -r "$s_dir"/theme "$s_dir"/icons /home/andrew/.config





share|improve this answer












Given your username is Andrew or rather andrew, it will most likely be mounted under /media/andrew/a_volume_name. So first you need to get this full path. You can store it in a shell variable to make things easy:



ls /media/andrew


See or find the right entry in the output, and now save it in the source directory variable:



s_dir=/media/andrew/my_usb_drive


Of course replace my_usb_drive with the right name. Once you have this, enter this command:



cp -r "$s_dir"/theme "$s_dir"/icons /home/andrew/.config






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  • Is there any wild card for the usb path? For example how can i copy my usb folders to a friend's computer if i dont know the name of his home directory?
    – Designer
    Dec 2 at 15:42










  • Run ls /home ...
    – Panther
    Dec 2 at 16:03










  • The usb mount point is variable. /media is deprecated in many modern OS. Run mount to find the mount point
    – Panther
    Dec 2 at 16:05






  • 1




    ~ is a variable which directly references the current users home directory.
    – Panki
    Dec 2 at 17:15







  • 1




    @Designer This is too broad to automate easily, though it may be done, as per the comments above.
    – Tomasz
    Dec 2 at 17:21
















  • Is there any wild card for the usb path? For example how can i copy my usb folders to a friend's computer if i dont know the name of his home directory?
    – Designer
    Dec 2 at 15:42










  • Run ls /home ...
    – Panther
    Dec 2 at 16:03










  • The usb mount point is variable. /media is deprecated in many modern OS. Run mount to find the mount point
    – Panther
    Dec 2 at 16:05






  • 1




    ~ is a variable which directly references the current users home directory.
    – Panki
    Dec 2 at 17:15







  • 1




    @Designer This is too broad to automate easily, though it may be done, as per the comments above.
    – Tomasz
    Dec 2 at 17:21















Is there any wild card for the usb path? For example how can i copy my usb folders to a friend's computer if i dont know the name of his home directory?
– Designer
Dec 2 at 15:42




Is there any wild card for the usb path? For example how can i copy my usb folders to a friend's computer if i dont know the name of his home directory?
– Designer
Dec 2 at 15:42












Run ls /home ...
– Panther
Dec 2 at 16:03




Run ls /home ...
– Panther
Dec 2 at 16:03












The usb mount point is variable. /media is deprecated in many modern OS. Run mount to find the mount point
– Panther
Dec 2 at 16:05




The usb mount point is variable. /media is deprecated in many modern OS. Run mount to find the mount point
– Panther
Dec 2 at 16:05




1




1




~ is a variable which directly references the current users home directory.
– Panki
Dec 2 at 17:15





~ is a variable which directly references the current users home directory.
– Panki
Dec 2 at 17:15





1




1




@Designer This is too broad to automate easily, though it may be done, as per the comments above.
– Tomasz
Dec 2 at 17:21




@Designer This is too broad to automate easily, though it may be done, as per the comments above.
– Tomasz
Dec 2 at 17:21

















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