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<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="FILE-COMMANDS-COPYMOVE" name="FILE-COMMANDS-COPYMOVE">10.5 Copy
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<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="FILE-COMMANDS-COPYMOVE-CP"
name="FILE-COMMANDS-COPYMOVE-CP">10.5.1 <tt class="COMMAND">cp</tt></a></h2>
<p><tt class="COMMAND">cp</tt>(1) copies files. DOS users will notice its similarity to
the <tt class="COMMAND">copy</tt> command. There are many options for <tt
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<p>A common use is to use <tt class="COMMAND">cp</tt> to copy a file from one location to
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<p>This copies the <tt class="FILENAME">hejaz</tt> file from the current directory to the
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<p>Many users prefer to keep the timestamps preserved, as in this example:</p>
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<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">cp -a hejaz /tmp</kbd>
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<p>This ensures that the timestamps are not modified in the copy.</p>
<p>To recursively copy the contents of a directory to another directory, you would issue
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<samp class="PROMPT">%</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">cp -R <var
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<p>That will copy the <var class="REPLACEABLE">mydir</var> directory to the <tt
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<p>Also if you wish to copy a directory or a file and keep all it's old permissions and
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<p><tt class="COMMAND">mv</tt>(1) moves files from one place to another. Sounds simple
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