Copy files from a dir to a new one

I need to write a Bourne shell script to do the following:
(i)Copy a *.java and *.c files in /Home/MyHomeDir to a directory called /Home/MyHomeDir/NewDir

(ii)Make all the files executable and readable by everyone

#!/bin/sh

cp $HOME/*.java $HOME/new
cp $HOME/*.c $HOME/new

chmod 777 $HOME/new/*.c
chmod 777 $HOME/new/*.java

Thanks it works perfectly!!

this perfecty && accidentally work
in unix, i would say
cd #this bingt me to home
[ -d ../new ] || mkdir ../new || exit 1
cp *.java *.c ../new
#he said: executable and readable by everyone
chmod 755 ../new/*.java ../new/*.c
ALL other is hazard (but working IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT)

I'm having a similar problem with copying files from one directory to another. It's part of a lab I need to do for school. Now ordinarily, I wouldn't go online looking for an answer to one question, but I am unable to proceed unless I can get past this question. So here it is:

"Enter a command to copy all files in your home directory beginning with the
letter 'a' to the current directory."

For this, I must assume that I am not in my home directory. Also, the question does not specify which directory I'm in- and no, I cannot issue a pwd command to find out where I am.

I've tried 'cp /home/dreynolds5/a*'; 'cp /home/dreynolds5/[a]*'; 'cp ~dreynolds5/a*'; 'cp ~dreynolds5[a]*'; 'cp ~/a*' and 'cp ~/[a]*'

As I'm sure you've all figured out, none of those worked. Any sort of help is appreciated.

Your current directory can be referenced by the 'short-cut' of . and your home directory (depending on shell) by ~

So, try: