How to copy the current folder in .sh?

Question

linux

I need to use the NAME variable in the file, and copy the current folder (where the script is located) to the dir for example ../clones/NAME

Answer 1

cp ./* ../clones/NAME
will copy all the files in from the working directory (this is either where the script was run, or the directory in the last cd command)
will print an info message to each subdirectory in the working directory
and
will copy the files of the working directory and will also bypass all subdirectories and copy their contents - in general all that is.