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@omsai omsai commented Sep 15, 2025

Closes #1506

  • Set the expectation in the challenge question that they learner is not expected to know how more than 2 arguments to cp should behave and that this exercise is descriptive and exploratory.
  • In the challenge explanation, clarify that the last argument must be a destination directory for 3 or more arguments to remove any confusion that there is anything special about the number 3 in using the example of 3 arguments.

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bkmgit commented Sep 15, 2025

Thanks.

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Potentially confusing phrasing regarding using cp to copy multiple files

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