title: Copy multiple files from one directory to another from Linux shell
body: <p>I want to copy several files from one folder to another.  How do I do it from the shell command prompt?</p>
  
  <p>Consider that <code>folder1</code> contains ten files (e.g. <code>file1</code>, <code>file2</code>, <code>abc</code>, <code>xyz</code>,
   etc.).  I am currently doing the following in order to copy two files from one folder to another:</p>
  
  <pre><code>cp /home/ankur/folder/file1 /home/ankur/folder/file2 /home/ankur/dest
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Typing the full path into the command line for both the files is annoying.<br>
  What comes to my mind is regex, but I don't quite know how to do it.</p>
  
  <p>Any help will reduce my RSI ;-)</p>