cp, mv, and chown command options

[jjstorm]

I want to know, if it is possible to copy all files within one directory to another directory without copying the directory itself, and at the same time, change ownership of those files at their destination, all in one command?

For example:

Lets say I want to copy all files within the /mnt/Documents directory to /home/user/Documents. When the files arrive at their destination, I want all of the permissions to have changed to the user and group I designate, but remain the same at their original location.

I checked the man pages for cp and mv, but I did not see a way to accomplish the first part, that is, to copy all files within the directory without copying the directory itself. I think if this part can be accomplished, then the permissions can probably be changed as each file arrives at its destination.

[e1-531g]

Maybe instead of:

cp -R /mnt/Documents /home/user/Documents/

just:

cp -R /mnt/Documents/* /home/user/Documents/

or

for VAR_ONE in `ls -1 /mnt/Documents/` ; do cp -R /mnt/Documents/${VAR_ONE} /home/user/Documents/ ; done ;

I would test this to see if hidden files/directories are copied. Now I use Windows so I can't at the moment.

[jggimi]

See install(1). You can copy files and set owner and filemodes in one utility.