Unix Commands: cp (Copy)

cp

cp(Copy) :To copy the file contents of one file to

another

> cp filename1 filename2

This will copy content of filename1 to filename2  

Both the files should be in the same directory.

> cp dir1/filename1 dir2

  To copy the contents of filename1 of dir1 to the filename1 of dir2 directory

> cp ../filename1 filename1

  To copy content of filename1 from parent directory to current directory as filename1

> cp –r dir1 dir2

  To copy directory from one location to another.