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How find file name by pattern to immediately use it again for the next time

How do we find file names by pattern to use them, for copy/move or delete etc, again for the next time in one line CLI, e.g.

Code:

$ ls



.hello-577

.world-999

.foo-444

jjj

hello

world

foo

kkk

lll

so must get all .hello-577 .world-999 .foo-444 hello world foo to use them in the operation said

e.g. there's BAK directory so as if copy operation:

Code:

cp .hello-577 .world-999 .foo-444 hello world foo BAK

e.g. they're removed so as if operating:

Code:

rm .hello-577 .world-999 .foo-444 hello world foo

Please sincere help is invaluable

The standard answer would be find -exec.

@OP Where is the pattern?

As usual, what have you tried and where are you stuck?

This is from one of the LQ FAQs and would prove to be very helpful for you:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html