cp
[options
]file1
file2
cp
[options
]files
directory
Copy
file1
to
file2
, or copy one or more
files
to the same names under
directory
. If the destination is an existing file, the file is overwritten; if the destination is an existing directory, the file is copied into the directory (the directory is
not
overwritten). If one of the inputs is a directory, use the
-r
option.
Prompt for confirmation ( y for yes) before overwriting an existing file.
Preserve the modification time and permission modes for the copied file. (Normally cp supplies the permissions of the invoking user.)
Recursively copy a directory, its files, and its subdirectories to a destination
directory
, duplicating the tree structure. (This option is used with the second command-line format when at least one of the source
file
arguments is a directory.)