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cp: Copy files and directories

August 7th, 2024 10:20 PM Mr. Q Categories: Command

Copy files and directories

Command: cp

Used to copy files and directories.

Sample Command and Output:

$ cp file1.txt /home/user/Documents/
$ ls /home/user/Documents/
file1.txt

Description:

cp file1.txt /home/user/Documents/: Copies file1.txt from the current directory to /home/user/Documents/.
ls /home/user/Documents/: Lists the contents of the destination directory to confirm that file1.txt has been copied.

Sample Command and Output:

$ cp -r folder1/ /home/user/Backup/
$ ls /home/user/Backup/
folder1

Description:

cp -r folder1/ /home/user/Backup/: Copies the directory folder1 and its contents recursively to /home/user/Backup/.
ls /home/user/Backup/: Lists the contents of the destination directory to confirm that folder1 has been copied.