tldr/pages/common/cp.md

# cp

> Copy files and folders.

- Copy a file to another location:

`cp {{/path/to/file.ext}} {{/path/to/copy.ext}}`

- Copy a file into another folder, keeping the filename:

`cp {{/path/to/file.ext}} {{path/to/target/parent/folder}}`

- Copy a folder recursively to another location:

`cp -r {{/path/to/folder}} {{/path/to/copy}}`

- Copy a folder recursively into another folder, keeping the folder name:

`cp -r {{/path/to/folder}} {{/path/to/target/parent/folder}}`

- Copy a folder recursively, in verbose mode (shows files as they are copied):

`cp -vr {{/path/to/folder}} {{/path/to/copy}}`

- Copy the contents of a folder into another folder:

`cp -r {{/path/to/source/folder/*}} {{/path/to/target/folder}}`
Reorganise cp. 2014-01-28 09:53:43 +00:00			`# cp`

cp.md: major overhaul - change "directory" to "folder" (more beginner-friendly) - use an extension to distinguish file paths from folder paths - reword some of the descriptions for clarity - include examples to clarify when the target argument defines the actual copy, and when it defines the folder where to put the copy - add an example to copy contents of a folder into another (existing) folder 2016-07-21 13:31:39 +01:00			`> Copy files and folders.`
Reorganise cp. 2014-01-28 09:53:43 +00:00
cp.md: major overhaul - change "directory" to "folder" (more beginner-friendly) - use an extension to distinguish file paths from folder paths - reword some of the descriptions for clarity - include examples to clarify when the target argument defines the actual copy, and when it defines the folder where to put the copy - add an example to copy contents of a folder into another (existing) folder 2016-07-21 13:31:39 +01:00			`- Copy a file to another location:`
Reorganise cp. 2014-01-28 09:53:43 +00:00
cp.md: major overhaul - change "directory" to "folder" (more beginner-friendly) - use an extension to distinguish file paths from folder paths - reword some of the descriptions for clarity - include examples to clarify when the target argument defines the actual copy, and when it defines the folder where to put the copy - add an example to copy contents of a folder into another (existing) folder 2016-07-21 13:31:39 +01:00			`cp {{/path/to/file.ext}} {{/path/to/copy.ext}}`
Reorganise cp. 2014-01-28 09:53:43 +00:00
cp.md: major overhaul - change "directory" to "folder" (more beginner-friendly) - use an extension to distinguish file paths from folder paths - reword some of the descriptions for clarity - include examples to clarify when the target argument defines the actual copy, and when it defines the folder where to put the copy - add an example to copy contents of a folder into another (existing) folder 2016-07-21 13:31:39 +01:00			`- Copy a file into another folder, keeping the filename:`
Reorganise cp. 2014-01-28 09:53:43 +00:00
cp.md: major overhaul - change "directory" to "folder" (more beginner-friendly) - use an extension to distinguish file paths from folder paths - reword some of the descriptions for clarity - include examples to clarify when the target argument defines the actual copy, and when it defines the folder where to put the copy - add an example to copy contents of a folder into another (existing) folder 2016-07-21 13:31:39 +01:00			`cp {{/path/to/file.ext}} {{path/to/target/parent/folder}}`
Reorganise cp. 2014-01-28 09:53:43 +00:00
cp.md: major overhaul - change "directory" to "folder" (more beginner-friendly) - use an extension to distinguish file paths from folder paths - reword some of the descriptions for clarity - include examples to clarify when the target argument defines the actual copy, and when it defines the folder where to put the copy - add an example to copy contents of a folder into another (existing) folder 2016-07-21 13:31:39 +01:00			`- Copy a folder recursively to another location:`
Reorganise cp. 2014-01-28 09:53:43 +00:00
cp: remove shell expansion examples, add -r 2017-04-15 12:40:55 +01:00			`cp -r {{/path/to/folder}} {{/path/to/copy}}`
Fix file format for cp command. ref: #402 Signed-off-by: Bo-Yi Wu <appleboy.tw@gmail.com> 2015-12-29 02:11:10 +00:00
cp.md: major overhaul - change "directory" to "folder" (more beginner-friendly) - use an extension to distinguish file paths from folder paths - reword some of the descriptions for clarity - include examples to clarify when the target argument defines the actual copy, and when it defines the folder where to put the copy - add an example to copy contents of a folder into another (existing) folder 2016-07-21 13:31:39 +01:00			`- Copy a folder recursively into another folder, keeping the folder name:`
Fix file format for cp command. ref: #402 Signed-off-by: Bo-Yi Wu <appleboy.tw@gmail.com> 2015-12-29 02:11:10 +00:00
cp.md: major overhaul - change "directory" to "folder" (more beginner-friendly) - use an extension to distinguish file paths from folder paths - reword some of the descriptions for clarity - include examples to clarify when the target argument defines the actual copy, and when it defines the folder where to put the copy - add an example to copy contents of a folder into another (existing) folder 2016-07-21 13:31:39 +01:00			`cp -r {{/path/to/folder}} {{/path/to/target/parent/folder}}`
Reorganise cp. 2014-01-28 09:53:43 +00:00
cp.md: major overhaul - change "directory" to "folder" (more beginner-friendly) - use an extension to distinguish file paths from folder paths - reword some of the descriptions for clarity - include examples to clarify when the target argument defines the actual copy, and when it defines the folder where to put the copy - add an example to copy contents of a folder into another (existing) folder 2016-07-21 13:31:39 +01:00			`- Copy a folder recursively, in verbose mode (shows files as they are copied):`

			`cp -vr {{/path/to/folder}} {{/path/to/copy}}`

			`- Copy the contents of a folder into another folder:`

			`cp -r {{/path/to/source/folder/*}} {{/path/to/target/folder}}`