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}}