tldr/pages/common/cp.md

# cp

> Copy files and directories.

- Copy a file to another location:

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

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

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

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

`cp -vR {{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/copy}}`

- Copy text files to another location, in interactive mode (prompts user before overwriting):

`cp -i {{*.txt}} {{path/to/target_directory}}`

- Dereference symbolic links before copying:

`cp -L {{link}} {{path/to/copy}}`
Reorganise cp. 2014-01-28 09:53:43 +00:00			`# cp`

Refactor: change "folder" to "directory" where needed. This commit fixes every instance in which the word "folder" is incorrectly used instead of "directory". 2019-02-11 18:00:49 +00:00			`> Copy files and directories.`
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: remove leading / from paths; add -i example 2017-04-18 22:47:41 +01:00			`cp {{path/to/file.ext}} {{path/to/copy.ext}}`
Reorganise cp. 2014-01-28 09:53:43 +00:00
Refactor: change "folder" to "directory" where needed. This commit fixes every instance in which the word "folder" is incorrectly used instead of "directory". 2019-02-11 18:00:49 +00:00			`- Copy a file into another directory, keeping the filename:`
Reorganise cp. 2014-01-28 09:53:43 +00:00
Refactor: change "folder" to "directory" where needed. This commit fixes every instance in which the word "folder" is incorrectly used instead of "directory". 2019-02-11 18:00:49 +00:00			`cp {{path/to/file.ext}} {{path/to/target_parent_directory}}`
Reorganise cp. 2014-01-28 09:53:43 +00:00
cp: clarify and condense similar examples (#2926) 2019-04-19 01:54:58 +01:00			`- Recursively copy a directory's contents to another location (if the destination exists, the directory is copied inside it):`
Reorganise cp. 2014-01-28 09:53:43 +00:00
cp: replace -r with -R (#4141) 2020-07-06 19:30:29 +01:00			`cp -R {{path/to/directory}} {{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
Refactor: change "folder" to "directory" where needed. This commit fixes every instance in which the word "folder" is incorrectly used instead of "directory". 2019-02-11 18:00:49 +00:00			`- Copy a directory recursively, in verbose mode (shows files as they are copied):`
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: replace -r with -R (#4141) 2020-07-06 19:30:29 +01:00			`cp -vR {{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/copy}}`
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: phrase -i option the same way as the -v option 2017-04-18 22:51:29 +01:00			`- Copy text files to another location, in interactive mode (prompts user before overwriting):`
cp: remove leading / from paths; add -i example 2017-04-18 22:47:41 +01:00
Refactor: change "folder" to "directory" where needed. This commit fixes every instance in which the word "folder" is incorrectly used instead of "directory". 2019-02-11 18:00:49 +00:00			`cp -i {{*.txt}} {{path/to/target_directory}}`
cp: add examples for common -L and Linux specific --parents (#4026) (#4026) 2020-05-13 00:54:45 +01:00
			`- Dereference symbolic links before copying:`

			`cp -L {{link}} {{path/to/copy}}`