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      $>man cp

      Copy one or more files to another location.

      Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.

      Syntax cp [options]… Source Dest cp [options]… Source… Directory

      Key

      -a, --archive same as -dpR

      -b, --backup Make backup before removal. If the copy will overwrite a file in the destination, then the original file will be backed up as ‘filename~’ before being overwritten.

      -d, --no-dereference preserve links

      -f, --force remove existing destinations, never prompt

      -i, --interactive prompt before overwrite

      -l, --link link files instead of copying

      -p, --preserve preserve file attributes if possible

      -P, --parents append source path to DIRECTORY

      -r copy recursively, non-directories as files

      –sparse=WHEN control creation of sparse files

      -R, --recursive copy directories recursively

      -s, --symbolic-link make symbolic links instead of copying

      -S, --suffix=SUFFIX override the usual backup suffix

      -u, --update copy only when the > SOURCE file is newer than the destination > file or when the destination file is missing

      -v, --verbose explain what is being done

      -V, --version-control=WORD override the usual version control

      -x, --one-file-system stay on this file system –help display this help and exit –version output version information and exit.