Copying files locally can be achieved through cp
.
This command can be used to copy a file in the same directory, or copy it from
a directory to another directory.
The following example demonstrates copying a file titled current_name.txt
to
a file titled copy.txt
.
$ cp current_name.txt copy.txt
That wasn’t so bad!
Now, if I had a file in directory A
, but I want it to have the same name in
directory C
, I would follow:
A$ cp current_name.txt /path/to/dirC/copy.txt
where /path/to/dirC/
would be based on whatever pwd
says from inside
directory C
.
Entire directories can be copied by making the copy recursive with the -r
flag.
This means the folder, and its contents, will all be copied to the location you
specify.
$ cp -r Folder_A/ Folder_B/