In bash I need to do this: take all files in a directory copy them into an existing directory How do I do this? I tried cp -r t1 t2 (both t1 and t2 are existing directories, t1 has files in it) but it created a directory called t1 inside t2, I don’t want that, … Read more
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I want a command (or probably an option to cp) that creates the destination directory if it does not exist. Example: cp -? file /path/to/copy/file/to/is/very/deep/there 26 s 26 mkdir -p “$d” && cp file “$d” (there’s no such option for cp).
This question already has answers here: Linux: copy and create destination dir if it does not exist (26 answers) Closed 7 years ago. When copying a file using cp to a folder that may or may not exist, how do I get cp to create the folder if necessary? Here is what I have tried: … Read more
I want to copy all files in a directory except some files in a specific sub-directory. I have noticed that cp command didn’t have the –exclude option. So, how can I achieve this? 19 s 19 rsync is fast and easy: rsync -av –progress sourcefolder /destinationfolder –exclude thefoldertoexclude You can use –exclude multiples times. rsync … Read more
I’m trying to use the cp command and force an overwrite. I have tried cp -rf /foo/* /bar, but I am still prompted to confirm each overwrite. 17 s 17 You can do yes | cp -rf xxx yyy, but my gutfeeling says that if you do it as root – your .bashrc or .profile … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 9 years ago. Improve this question I am having some issues to copy a folder with files in that folder into another folder. Command cp -r doesn’t copy files … Read more
