[TIL] Linux commands: recursive options instead of wildcards

February 2, 2022·1 min readlinux, bash, shell, cp, scp, zip

TIL that in commands such as cp, scp, and zip, it is preferable to use the command’s native recursive options (e.g.,-r, -R) instead of wildcards (e.g., *). The reason is to avoid unexpected errors, such as -bash: /usr/bin/zip: Argument list too long.