For point number 2, does it expand to
cp /some/path/to/file.txt /some/path/to/file.bak
?
If so, shouldn't it be
cp /some/path/to/file{.txt,.bak}
I guess the author wished to only add a suffix, not change the extension itself.
$ echo /some/path/to/file.txt{,.bak} /some/path/to/file.txt /some/path/to/file.txt.bak
Either one works here. I usually leave the original file extension on these!
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For point number 2, does it expand to
?
If so, shouldn't it be
?
I guess the author wished to only add a suffix, not change the extension itself.
Either one works here. I usually leave the original file extension on these!