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<code>[[wikipedia:Cp_(Unix)|cp]]</code><ref>http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/cp.1.html</ref> command is used for copying [[file]]s and [[directory|directories]]. It lacks [[progress bar]] indicator<ref>https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/65077/is-it-possible-to-see-cp-speed-and-percent-copied</ref>, but you can use <code>[[progress]] -w</code> or <code>[[progress]] -m</code> command to display the percentage of copied data or use [[rsync]]<ref>https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6339287/copy-or-rsync-command</ref> command. | <code>[[wikipedia:Cp_(Unix)|cp]]</code><ref>http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/cp.1.html</ref> command is used for copying [[file]]s and [[directory|directories]]. It lacks [[progress bar]] indicator<ref>https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/65077/is-it-possible-to-see-cp-speed-and-percent-copied</ref>, but you can use <code>[[progress]] -w</code> or <code>[[progress]] -m</code> command to display the percentage of copied data or use [[rsync]]<ref>https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6339287/copy-or-rsync-command</ref> command. | ||
Revision as of 12:12, 30 June 2022
cp[1] command is used for copying files and directories. It lacks progress bar indicator[2], but you can use progress -w or progress -m command to display the percentage of copied data or use rsync[3] command.
Ansible also includes a cp module with limited scalability (>hundreds of files) [4]
Options
-a, --archive-l, --linkhard link files instead of copying-psame as--preserve=mode,ownership,timestamps-R, -r, --recursive--reflink[=WHEN]control clone/CoW copies. --reflink=always-vverbose, showing files as they are copied.
cp --help
cp: illegal option -- -
usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-aclpsvXx] source_file target_file
cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-aclpsvXx] source_file ... target_directory
Examples
cp -a /source/. /dest/ cp -rp /home/origin /home/destination cp -rp /home/origin/* /home/destination/ cp file.txt file-`date --iso`.txt
- cp using Bash brace expansion:
cp /etc/httpd/httpd.{,.BAK}
Activities
- Understand the differences between cp, scp and rsync: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20244585/how-does-scp-differ-from-rsync
- Understand
--sparseoption and usage cases - Learn how to not overwrite a file with
-n, --no-clobberoption[5] or usingrsync -a -v --ignore-existing src dst
Related commands
rsyncmvprogress -mcopy(Windows)nfs-cpdocker cpminikube cpmultipass transferxcopy(Windows)ADDinDockerfileaws s3 cpgsutil cp
See also
cp,dd,sftp,scp,rsync,casync,mv,fio,ln,docker cp, kubectl cp,minikube cp,multipass transfer,Copy-Item,Xcopyprogress[6]: Linux tool to show progress for cp, mv, dd. See also: pv[7] (Pipe Viewer). Example:progress -mdd
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Source: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Linux/Basic_commands/cp
- ↑ http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/cp.1.html
- ↑ https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/65077/is-it-possible-to-see-cp-speed-and-percent-copied
- ↑ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6339287/copy-or-rsync-command
- ↑ https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/copy_module.html
- ↑ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9392735/linux-how-to-copy-but-not-overwrite
- ↑ https://github.com/Xfennec/progress
- ↑ https://linux.die.net/man/1/pv
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