Copying a single file to multiple directories
 

Hello folks,
I wanted to know if any of the users/mods know how to copy a file or folder to multiple destinations. I have a file and it needs to be copied to multiple subdirectories and its not easy to do it manually. anyway i can do it using cp or something similar.
i was thinking my last option would be writing a bash code or something. if that the case plz gimme a few pointers how to write this specific code

cool. this might work. but is there a way to do it if i don't have the directory names? and thanks!

well yes i'm sure there is, but you'll need some information from somewhere... bash isn't psychic!

If you want to copy the file to subdirectories in /home , something like this may do...

thanks.. i think its best if i just describe the problem. i have a picture in pics directory. there are sub directories in the pics directory. i need the picture to be copied to all my sub directories. thanks homey and acid_kewpie.

thanks anyways..i got the solution.
here it is for the record

#!/bin/bash
#rec_copy.sh
#Usage:
# rec_copy.sh input_file target_dir
# copies 'input_file' recursively to all directories starting at 'target_dir'

if [ -z $2 ]; then
echo "usage: $0 input_file target_dir"
exit
fi

for i in $(ls -R $2| grep :$ | awk -F":" '//{print $1}' )
#for i in $(ls -R $2 | awk -F":" '/:$/{print $1}' )
do
cp $1 $i
done