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Copy all the files from one directory to another in Linux

Jul 2, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Today’s short article we are showing how to copy all the files from one directory to another in Linux.

You can copy the content of a folder /source to another existing folder /dest with the command.

cp -a /source/. /dest/

 

The -a option is an improved recursive option, that preserve all file attributes, and also preserve symlinks.

The . at end of the source path is a specific cp syntax that allow to copy all files and folders, included hidden ones.


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