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  • Did you try them? What happened? Is anything else still unclear? Commented Mar 7, 2019 at 14:59
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    This question combines unix.stackexchange.com/questions/62070 , unix.stackexchange.com/questions/381282 , and unix.stackexchange.com/questions/62660 . Commented Mar 7, 2019 at 15:06
  • @JeffSchaller I have provided cp as an example to make my question clear. I want to know the main difference. Commented Mar 7, 2019 at 15:30
  • @Kusalananda yes I have executed them, found ./. and ./ same, ./* copies non hidden files but couldn't find the difference of ./**. Commented Mar 7, 2019 at 15:31
  • Thank you very much @JdeBP for useful links, I found the answer from your given links. LOL where were they when I was searching, I was not using proper keywords perhaps. Commented Mar 7, 2019 at 15:33