Top "Cp" questions

How to avoid 'are the same file' warning message when using cp in Linux?

I'm trying to copy certain files from one directory to another. Using this command find "$HOME" -name '*.txt' -type …

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how to copy between folders and parent folder without complete path

This is a basic question but I am struggling to find a decent solution. This is hindering my script from …

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Moving a folder from Desktop to the server?

I have a folder in my Desktop. I want to copy it to my server in Terminal. I tried this …

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How to make cp command quiet when no file is found in Bash?

I searched map cp, but can find no quiet option, so that cp does not report "No such file or …

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Why is my Bash script adding <feff> to the beginning of files?

I've written a script that cleans up .csv files, removing some bad commas and bad quotes (bad, means they break …

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How to copy files and give them permission of destination directory

I am copying files from source to location. The source is not owned by me and the permission for files …

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git copy file, as opposed to `git mv`

I realize that git works by diff'ing the contents of files. I have some files that I want to copy. …

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Linux command cp producing omitted directory

I want to place 1 file called "test1.html" in 100 different directories of website. Directory structure is like the following /home/…

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cp dir recursivly excluding 2 subdirs

I have 1 directory with 9 subdirectories and 10 files. Subdirectory have next level subdirectories and files. /home/directory/ /home/directory/subdirectory1 /home/…

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All possible exit codes for cp

Looking at the man pages for cp, I only found that the command exits with 0 when copy succeeds with no …

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