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I'm working with a

CentOS server. I have
36 a folder named test
located in
/home/server/folder/t
est . I need to copy
the directory test to
5 /home/server/ . How
can I do it?

linux centos copy

cp

edited Sep 26 '16 at 10:02

deltaag
153 1 7

asked Jan 27 '13 at 17:20

BaTmaN
350 2 7 15

5 Answers

cp -r /home/server/fol

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answered Jan 27 '13 at 17:21
James McLaughlin
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test
directory(without
test directory) to
/home/server/ .
how to ? –
BaTmaN Jan 27
'13 at 18:06

13 cp -r
/home/server/fold
er/test/*
/home/server/ –
James McLaughlin
Jan 27 '13 at 18:27

is there any
difference in using -
R in here ? –
mahen3d Jun 1 '15
at 5:32

If there's a directory
inside test
directory, yes there
is a difference. –
John Smith Feb 1
'17 at 4:11

To copy all files,

including hidden files
15 use:

cp -r /home/server/fol

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undone
7,116 4 36 65

answered Sep 26 '14 at 8:41

deltaag
153 1 7

3
Thanks for this.
Copying files no
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was an elusive
problem. +1 – Nate
Sep 4 '15 at 23:17

1 This is the only way

thats working for me.
The * doesn't work! –
user2924019 Feb 8
'17 at 20:06

1 this one works for

me! –
Hanny Setiawan
Dec 13 '17 at 4:20

In my case, in order
to save time, I
specify the current
directory like this: $
cp -r ./Origin/.
./Destination/ –
Pathros Mar 13 at
23:07

As I understand, you
want to recursively
14 copy test directory into
/home/server/ path...

This can be done as:

-cp -rf /home/server/f

Hope this helps

edited May 14 '13 at 20:10

jmingov
8,125 2 25 32

answered May 14 '13 at 19:45

Rajeshwari
141 1 4

Doesn't work for me.

"No such file or
directory" when
adding the * . –
user2924019 Feb 8
'17 at 20:05

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This works for me.

cp -r /home/server/fol

1
edited Feb 5 at 4:34

answered Nov 29 '17 at 15:42

Hiren Parghi
712 7 22

For copy directory use

following command
0
cp -r source Destin

For example

cp -r /home/hasan /

For copy file use

command without -r

cp /home/file /ho

answered Nov 29 '17 at 17:22

Hasan Barary
402 2 6

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