cp

cp command copies a file or group of files

syntax

cp [options] source dest

Option	Description according to GNU utils
-a	Preserve as much as possible of the structure and attributes of the original files in the copy
-d	Copy symbolic links as symbolic links rather than copying the files that they point to, and preserve hard links between source files in the copies.
-f or –force	This option forces the copy even if the destination folder is not available for writing.
-i or –interactive	Displays a message each time a file is to be overwritten.
-l	Make hard links instead of copies of non-directories.
-R or -r or –recursive	Copy directories recursively. By default, do not follow symbolic links in the source.
-s or –symbolic-link	In this case, the command will make symbolic links of all files that are not folders. This replaces a copy.
-u or –update	This option does not copy files that have the same or newer modification timestamp in the destination folder. It is an update of a copy.
-v or –verbose	Print the name of each file before copying it.

Examples:-

• cp newfile.txt anotherfile.txt
• cp newfile.txt test/nfile.txt
• cp *.txt *.dat

cat newfile.txt > anotherfile.txt = cp newfile.txt anotherfile.txt