need help with cp command

[newbuntus]

I entered the following command in the terminal:

cp `ls /usr/share/pixmaps | grep .*xpm` ~/TEST2

and got this error for each matching file:

cp: cannot stat `aisleriot.xpm': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `baobab.xpm': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `blackjack.xpm': No such file or directory

what have I done wrong?

cheers

[adult swim]

try using
sudo cp /usr/share/pixmaps/*.xpm ~/TEST2

[newbuntus]

thanks that works, however I would still like to know what was wrong with the way i did it because i still dont quite understand how the backticks work. I tried all the stuff between the ticks just by itself which worked, and from my understanding the output of that should have been used in the copy command?

[kevdog]

Sounds to me like the full path is not included in the output.

[newbuntus]

Ah no wonder!