Correct syntax for brace expansion

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Hi,

I have in a folder 9 files (1courses.txt,2courses.txt,…) and so on up to 9courses.txt.

I tried to use the brace expansion to copy all these 9 files using brace expansions {1..9}courses.txt as following but it doesn’t work:

root@vm3.boston.local:~# rclone copy -P courses:/"Linux Academy/{1..9}courses.txt" marc:/"Cours/Cours Vidéos/Academy/"
2019-11-19 11:15:07 ERROR : : error reading source directory: directory not found
2019-11-19 11:15:07 ERROR : Attempt 1/3 failed with 2 errors and: directory not found
2019-11-19 11:15:09 ERROR : : error reading source directory: directory not found
2019-11-19 11:15:09 ERROR : Attempt 2/3 failed with 2 errors and: directory not found
2019-11-19 11:15:11 ERROR : : error reading source directory: directory not found
2019-11-19 11:15:11 ERROR : Attempt 3/3 failed with 2 errors and: directory not found
Transferred:             0 / 0 Bytes, -, 0 Bytes/s, ETA -
Errors:                 2 (retrying may help)
Checks:                 0 / 0, -

Transferred:            0 / 0, -
Elapsed time:          0s
2019/11/19 11:15:11 Failed to copy with 2 errors: last error was: directory not found


root@vm3.boston.local:~# rclone copy -P courses:/"Linux Academy/"{1..9}courses.txt"" marc:/"Cours/Cours Vidéos/Academy/"
Usage:
  rclone copy source:path dest:path [flags]

Flags:
      --create-empty-src-dirs   Create empty source dirs on destination after copy
  -h, --help                    help for copy

Use "rclone [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Use "rclone help flags" for to see the global flags.
Use "rclone help backends" for a list of supported services.
Command copy needs 2 arguments maximum: you provided 10 non flag arguments: ["courses:/Linux Academy/1courses.txt" "courses:/Linux Academy/2courses.txt" "courses:/Linux Academy/3courses.txt" "courses:/Linux Academy/4courses.txt" "courses:/Linux Academy/5courses.txt" "courses:/Linux Academy/6courses.txt" "courses:/Linux Academy/7courses.txt" "courses:/Linux Academy/8courses.txt" "courses:/Linux Academy/9courses.txt" "marc:/Cours/Cours Vidéos/Academy/"]

Where did I make a mistake?

Thank you :blush:

Rclone version

rclone v1.50.1

Which OS you are using and how many bits (eg Windows 7, 64 bit)

CentOS Linux release 7.7.1908 (Core)

Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)

Onedrive For Business

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The brace expansion is a linux syntax and its expanding correctly as you can see in the error line:

It's just that rclone currently doesn't support specifying multiple files for copying in the same command.

Your best bet would be to use the brace expansion to copy the files to a temporary folder and copy that folder instead.

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Hi,
Thank you for the help.

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