It looks to me like there has been a recent change to the verbose reporting option on the cp command. Previously (and still in Fedora 38) the -v option will report on files actually copied, but ignores files not copied (for example when -v is used with -u). However in Rawhide the -v option now reports on files skipped when used with -u, which has made a big mess of many of my bash scripts. Anyone know if there is some trick to reverting traditional behavior? Ian -- Ian Laurie FAS: nixuser | IRC: nixuser TZ: Australia/Sydney