[root@herlo-lap ~]# for i in CPU*; do cp file.txt $i; done [root@herlo-lap ~]# ls -lR CPU* CPU1: total 0 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 0 May 23 21:37 file.txt CPU3: total 0 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 0 May 23 21:37 file.txt CPU4: total 0 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 0 May 23 21:37 file.txt CPU5: total 0 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 0 May 23 21:37 file.txt CPU6: total 0 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 0 May 23 21:37 file.txt