423 How to copy with cp to include hidden files and hidden directories and their contents? 2009-10-27T19:46:06.483

188 How to copy symbolic links? 2010-05-07T04:36:38.103

73 How can I recursively copy files by file extension, preserving directory structure? 2011-06-21T04:41:29.883

70 How to copy symlinks to target as normal folders 2010-11-30T07:32:43.507

47 Why is -r recursive necessary when copying a directory in Linux? 2014-11-13T18:51:49.947

39 Copying a file only when it is newer than the destination 2011-09-29T15:22:23.550

36 Copy list of files 2010-08-24T21:14:20.873

28 Use rsync to copy all files except for certain filenames with a certain extension 2010-02-05T16:08:46.327

22 How do you use regular expressions with the cp command in Linux? 2012-06-25T18:05:53.003

22 Recursive, Non-Overwriting File Copy? 2014-04-16T15:04:30.723

21 Why do we use cp to copy files and not dd? (in unix-derivatives) 2013-06-18T19:37:40.063

20 How is install -c different from cp 2011-01-06T16:43:17.383

19 how to stop cp: overwrite './xxx' ? prompt 2012-09-10T10:30:51.360

18 Why is a directory copied with the cp command smaller than the original? 2019-02-01T18:24:37.773

16 Copying many files without stopping on errors on OSX 2012-08-07T11:12:50.960

14 How can I copy a (big) directory over another changing only the files that differ? 2011-02-03T11:42:02.983

13 Reuse text on a bash command 2011-06-08T19:26:28.520

12 cp -r -l in MacOS (recursive copy preserving hard links) 2009-08-30T18:25:35.423

12 How can I copy files with SSH? 2010-01-06T17:45:45.390

12 Linux copy to fat32 filesystem: invalid argument 2010-08-19T19:44:54.973

10 Why is tar|tar so much faster than cp? 2014-07-26T18:34:34.880

9 cp command to make bootable iso image usb 2013-07-17T13:15:33.193

8 How can I use cp to copy a directory but ignore a certain sub directory in Linux 2010-06-13T07:53:00.513

8 Linux: Copy all files by extension to single dirrectory 2012-11-02T09:26:45.373

8 Rsync copying current directory with name 2015-04-23T10:45:05.780

7 Copy file in GNU/Linux with progress bar and rate limiting 2010-06-22T18:14:14.513

7 Linux: how to copy a file with a certain name pattern for which the exact place in the complex directory-structure is unknown 2011-09-19T16:24:11.077

7 Copy files from a numeric range to another folder 2012-07-17T02:42:50.283

6 Cannot copy files from external USB HDD to computer 2012-11-01T18:50:49.317

6 Can I hard link files with rsync instead of copying them? 2018-09-22T17:53:11.930

5 Why does du -sl show different sizes for the source and result of a cp -rl? 2011-07-14T19:24:58.003

5 Don't copy files that cause an input/output error 2011-09-21T17:12:59.733

5 Linux permissions and owner being preserved with cp 2012-04-06T08:20:27.593

5 Is there a shortcut for unix `cp` to copy a file to the current directory with the same filename? 2012-10-17T20:49:28.960

5 Copying all files inside subdirectories and renaming instead of overwriting 2013-02-19T16:21:18.093

5 Why OSX cp -avr get this error: the -R and -r options may not be specified together? 2014-02-17T13:04:59.540

4 cp: reading `filename': Input/output error WHY? 2010-02-18T12:38:46.180

4 How do I use find to copy all found files to a new name in their same directories? 2010-02-23T17:22:28.267

4 How to copy a Read-Only file and make the copy writable with a single cp command? 2011-03-01T23:37:40.567

4 Multi-core and copy speed 2011-10-21T22:39:34.713

4 cp into destination hierarchy with symbolic link? 2013-01-14T03:23:18.397

4 How to preserve file-create-timestamp while copying files on OS X from command-line? 2013-06-07T10:43:11.743

4 Unix "cp -p". Can I preserve attributes selectively? 2013-10-13T19:52:22.937

4 Why does "cp -r a/. b" behave as it does? 2014-03-04T15:32:39.307

4 Wildcard not working in cp command when using exec 2015-02-19T02:56:39.390

4 How do you copy directories in Linux in these situations using cp? 2015-12-22T17:29:43.087

3 cp verbose alternative 2009-08-25T05:56:34.930

3 How do I make "cp" in OS X not delete files? 2009-10-26T21:28:24.853

3 how to copy all files from one location to another in linux 2011-05-04T03:48:07.840

3 cp - do not overwrite in makefile 2011-07-11T15:41:30.693

3 How can I avoid that cp freezes my OS? 2011-07-26T12:40:47.037

3 How to copy one file into multiple subfolders at once on a Linux server? 2011-09-28T17:08:07.930

3 Using cp command in linux shell, how do I copy a whole directory into another directory? 2012-09-30T20:53:55.707

3 How to copy all files recursively excluding folders into one destination folder? 2013-03-07T21:50:04.070

3 Unix copy for each line in file 2013-09-09T14:19:54.397

3 copying a file to a hard link 2013-09-11T00:13:57.663

3 AWS S3 cp does not download 40 GB file 2014-07-21T13:32:12.597

3 cp only files, skipping directories 2016-05-18T09:11:04.257

3 Optimal Linux copy command for large number of files 2017-02-15T14:07:38.713

2 cp command force 2010-05-05T07:54:20.463

2 Allow limited cp access to a sudo enabled user 2010-07-16T09:28:49.643

2 Copied directory appears to become larger at destination 2011-01-31T16:53:29.440

2 Symlink all files but copy certain extensions 2011-07-27T18:44:28.230

2 Copy everything in a subdirectory across to the relevant subdirectory elsewhere 2011-09-16T17:30:51.547

2 Symlink all files in a Folder to a new Folder 2012-05-28T00:39:44.453

2 In Power SHell set alias cp to cp -v 2012-08-28T15:59:42.760

2 How can I copy files recursively without overwriting the directories 2012-11-08T15:37:37.977

2 ssh Mac Unix: copy a file with special characters and spaces 2013-01-12T02:51:28.683

2 Unix command for recursively copying files 2013-04-23T17:43:03.530

2 Running cp -r ~/.ipython ~/some/path/.ipython a second time creates ~/some/path/.ipython/.ipython. How to prevent that? 2013-05-22T18:18:04.200

2 Copy files and rename them by creation date 2013-06-21T07:27:13.457

2 I somehow made our linux box's "CP" command act differently than the default, how can I revert it back to default? 2013-07-02T12:20:13.797

2 Linux: Copy files with dates in filename between two dates 2013-11-06T10:16:25.723

2 "cp --parents" equivalent on Mac 2013-12-06T02:12:11.297

2 How to make a copy of file in the same directory 2014-09-26T08:22:52.950

2 Linux cp command is not silent 2015-05-13T13:44:07.373

2 OS X - copy files issue - Resource busy 2015-07-18T02:09:03.533

2 how to copy a directory (folder and its contents) to another directory? 2015-09-20T20:02:37.867

2 Terminal: cp -r with directories with same name and different case 2016-02-06T22:00:32.197

2 How do I SCP from remote machine to local machine? 2016-10-24T14:08:27.170

2 Are cp/rsync asynchronous? 2017-09-29T11:18:14.173

2 Mac High Sierra cp command returns "Result too large" 2018-01-22T22:48:14.893

1 Copy directory from ext3 to FAT32 ignoring symlinks, pipes, etc 2009-11-13T11:13:31.750

1 argument to cp in backticks doesn't work? 2010-11-09T17:34:07.823

1 Find files in subdirectories and copy them to another directory with the same subdirectories? 2010-11-18T00:16:52.540

1 Query on "cp" command 2010-12-02T04:19:08.890

1 Questions about using scp 2011-02-12T19:23:18.777

1 linux cp command with rtorrent 2011-01-14T05:31:26.157

1 permission denied while copying files with root 2011-05-08T20:24:40.843

1 Debian: rsync and cp is corrupting contents of CSV files 2011-06-29T12:36:49.000

1 cp -a is preserving ownership, from non-root user 2011-07-01T00:49:43.333

1 I/O error while cp from CD to HDD 2011-08-23T07:58:51.370

1 Pass wildcard array to cp 2011-09-12T09:07:42.960

1 Maintaining peak IO potential with DD / CP 2011-11-28T13:44:29.137

1 How do you distinguish a directory, and it's contents in linux? 2011-12-12T22:42:15.800

1 Using a Linux/Unix terminal to copy many files to a new location 2012-02-03T16:56:41.720

1 cp --update still copies unchanged files 2012-06-07T17:58:23.610

1 shortcut to recursively copying a directory preserving modes, ownerships and hard and symbolic links 2012-08-15T17:01:31.470

1 how to join paths to {} inside an -exec option of a find command? 2012-11-21T11:57:51.647