The option you’re looking for is -R. cp -R path_to_source path_to_destination/ If destination doesn’t exist, it will be created. -R means copy directories recursively. You can also use -r since it’s case-insensitive. To copy everything inside the source folder (symlinks, hidden files) without copying the source folder itself use -a flag along with trailing /. … Read more
Let’s talk about how wildcards work for a minute. cp *.txt foo doesn’t actually invoke cp with an argument *.txt, if any files matching that glob exist. Instead, it runs something like this: cp a.txt b.txt c.txt foo Similarly, something like mv *.txt *.old …can’t possibly know what to do, because when it’s invoked, what … Read more
The short answer is just “no”. But there is more to know; it just requires some background. (And as JDB suggests in a comment, I’ll mention why git mv exists as a convenience.) Slightly longer: you’re right that Git will diff files, but you may be wrong about when Git does these file-diffs. Git’s internal … Read more
Does cp file1 file2 ; cp file1 file3 count as a “one-line command/script”? How about for file in file2 file3 ; do cp file1 “$file” ; done ? Or, for a slightly looser sense of “copy”: tee <file1 file2 file3 >/dev/null
cp ../dir5/dir4/dir3/dir2/file[1234] . or (in Bash) cp ../dir5/dir4/dir3/dir2/file{1..4} . If the file names are non-contiguous, you can use cp ../dir5/dir4/dir3/dir2/{march,april,may} .
For example, your remote host is example.com and remote login name is user1: scp user1@example.com:/path/to/file /path/to/store/file
cp -r /home/server/folder/test /home/server/
Adding to Eric Jablow’s answer, here is a possible solution (it worked for me – linux mint 14 /nadia) find /path/to/search/ -type f -name “glob-to-find-files” | xargs cp -t /target/path/ You can refer to “How can I use xargs to copy files that have spaces and quotes in their names?” as well.
It would be: cp `ls -SF | grep -v / | head -5` Directory assuming that the pipeline is correct. The backticks substitute in the line the output of the commands inside it. You can also make your tests: cp `echo a b c` Directory will copy all a, b, and c into Directory.
You can also use rsync instead of cp like this: rsync -Pa source destination Which will give you a progress bar and estimated time of completion. Very handy.