cp

Copy files and directories. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cp>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/cp.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install coreutils
Ubuntu
apt-get install coreutils
Alpine
apk add coreutils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S coreutils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install coreutils
CentOS
yum install coreutils
Fedora
dnf install coreutils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install coreutils
OS X
brew install coreutils
Raspbian
apt-get install coreutils
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/cp
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/cp cp powered by Commando

Copy files and directories. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cp>.

  • Copy a file to another location:
    cp path/to/source_file.ext path/to/target_file.ext
  • Copy a file into another directory, keeping the filename:
    cp path/to/source_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/source_directory path/to/target_directory
  • Copy a directory recursively, in verbose mode (shows files as they are copied):
    cp -vR path/to/source_directory path/to/target_directory
  • Copy multiple files at once to a directory:
    cp -t path/to/destination_directory path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...
  • Copy text files to another location, in interactive mode (prompts user before overwriting):
    cp -i *.txt path/to/target_directory
  • Follow symbolic links before copying:
    cp -L link path/to/target_directory
  • Use the first argument as the destination directory (useful for `xargs ... | cp -t <DEST_DIR>`):
    cp -t path/to/target_directory path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...

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