<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[#TIL You can copy or rename files without retyping the path:]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p class="quote-inline">RE: <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@cark/116459954767698913" rel="nofollow noopener"><span>https://</span><span>social.tchncs.de/@cark/1164599</span><span>54767698913</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/TIL" rel="tag">#<span>TIL</span></a> You can copy or rename files without retyping the path:</p><p>❯ cp /your/long/path/config.toml{,.bak}</p><p>This expands to:</p><p>cp /your/long/path/config.toml /your/long/path/config.bak</p><p>Works also with `echo` (nice for testing).</p><p>Thanks to <span><a href="/user/irom%40social.tchncs.de">@<span>irom</span></a></span> for recently pointing me in this direction. <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f44d.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--+1" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="👍" alt="👍" />️</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/bash" rel="tag">#<span>bash</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/linux" rel="tag">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/cli" rel="tag">#<span>cli</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/0da5f167-33a9-4b08-bd95-db8602596a21/til-you-can-copy-or-rename-files-without-retyping-the-path</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 23:35:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/0da5f167-33a9-4b08-bd95-db8602596a21.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:32:23 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl></channel></rss>