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cp

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Copy files and directories.

Options (5)

-r, --recursiveboolean

Recursively copy a directory's contents to another location (if the destination exists, the directory is copied inside it)

Example: cp {{[-r|--recursive]}} {{path/to/source_directory}} {{path/to/target_directory}}

boolean

Copy a directory recursively, in verbose mode (shows files as they are copied)

Example: cp {{[-vr|--verbose --recursive]}} {{path/to/source_directory}} {{path/to/target_directory}}

-t, --target-directoryboolean

Copy multiple files at once to a directory

Example: cp {{[-t|--target-directory]}} {{path/to/destination_directory}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

-i, --interactiveboolean

Copy all files with a specific extension to another location, in interactive mode (prompts user before overwriting)

Example: cp {{[-i|--interactive]}} {{*.ext}} {{path/to/target_directory}}

-L, --dereferenceboolean

Follow symbolic links before copying

Example: cp {{[-L|--dereference]}} {{link}} {{path/to/target_directory}}

Copy a file to another location

cp path/to/source_file path/to/target_file

Copy a file into another directory, keeping the filename

cp path/to/source_file path/to/target_parent_directory

Recursively copy a directory's contents to another location (if the destination exists, the directory is copied inside it)

cp [-r|--recursive] path/to/source_directory path/to/target_directory

Copy a directory recursively, in verbose mode (shows files as they are copied)

cp [-vr|--verbose --recursive] path/to/source_directory path/to/target_directory

Copy multiple files at once to a directory

cp [-t|--target-directory] path/to/destination_directory path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...

Copy all files with a specific extension to another location, in interactive mode (prompts user before overwriting)

cp [-i|--interactive] *.ext path/to/target_directory

Follow symbolic links before copying

cp [-L|--dereference] link path/to/target_directory

Use the full path of source files, creating any missing intermediate directories when copying

cp --parents source/path/to/file path/to/target_file