directory as a subdirectory.

cp -r|-R [-fHip] [--] sourcedirectory... targetdirectory

Examples

This copies file prog.c to file prog.bak. If prog.bak does not already exist, this creates it. If it does exist, its content will be replaced.

cp prog.c prog.bak

This copies the files jones and smith into the pre-existing directory clients.

cp jones smith clients

This copies file smith to a file named smith.jr. Instead of creating a

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