How to copy a file to multiple directories using the gnu cp command

Question

Is it possible to copy a single file to multiple directories using the cp command ?

I tried the following , which did not work:

cp file1 /foo/ /bar         


        

Answer 1

If all your target directories match a path expression — like they're all subdirectories of path/to — then just use find in combination with cp like this:

find ./path/to/* -type d -exec cp [file name] {} \;

That's it.