Linux - paste file multiple times in same folder

Operating Systems & Open Source Linux
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Hi,

Is there a simple way to paste / copy a file multiple times in the same directory in Linux?

For example, if I need to create 15 instances of the same file in Windows, each time you paste / copy it the WinOS would append an incrementing number to the file. Is there a similar approach in Linux?

I don’t want to write scripts - need to do this dozens of times for one project. Command line or GUI are both fine.

TIA

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Here’s a linux command line oneliner for you:

for i in {1..15}; do cp --backup=numbered sourcefile backupfolder; done
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Seems this behaviour, the inability to past multiple times and get multiple copies of the same file with incrementing numbering, is true of all volumes BUT the root / boot volume.

Fedora 38 for me.

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Ok, seems we figured it out.

First copy the file to the target directory, then copy it again in the target directory and past multiple times with CTRL | V

Quirky.