From 7047a2f90b92cdc819d7d01bea27a81a66e5e830 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marco Bonelli Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 02:54:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] cp: clarify and condense similar examples (#2926) --- pages/common/cp.md | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/pages/common/cp.md b/pages/common/cp.md index 4f28e0b31..d03db8790 100644 --- a/pages/common/cp.md +++ b/pages/common/cp.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ `cp {{path/to/file.ext}} {{path/to/target_parent_directory}}` -- Copy a directory recursively to another location: +- 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}}` @@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ `cp -vr {{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/copy}}` -- Copy the contents of a directory into another directory: - -`cp -r {{path/to/source_directory/*}} {{path/to/target_directory}}` - - Copy text files to another location, in interactive mode (prompts user before overwriting): `cp -i {{*.txt}} {{path/to/target_directory}}`