I have one file (lets call it file1.xyz) that I want to use as a template to work on. I need to copy the contents of file1.xyz so that they replace the contents of the other files - file2.xyz, file3.xyz, file4.xyz, file5.xyz.....file70.xyz whilst keeping the original file name. I have tried using:  cp file1.xyz *.xyzThe files are all in the same directory and I don't want to append them to each other.This has not worked, how can I solve this problem?
Copying a file onto several other files with different names
linux;bash;shell script