>cp foo.c bar.c >cp foo.o bar.o I would like to know the answer too, since I can do this in HP/Apollo's Aegis shell in one line: cpf foo{?*} bar at 1 -nq I have yet to find a way in csh or bsh to do this simple task. -- Jinfu Chen (602)898-5338 | Motorola, Inc. SPS Mesa, AZ | ...uunet!motsps!digital!chen | chen at digital.sps.mot.com |