CP(1) CP(1) (NAME) cp - (SYNOPSIS) cp []... [-T] cp []... ... cp []... -t ... (DESCRIPTION) . . -a, --archive -dR --preserve=all --attributes-only --backup[=CONTROL] -b --backup --copy-contents -d --no-dereference --preserve=links -f, --force ( -n ) -i, --interactive ( -n ) -H -l, --link -L, --dereference -n, --no-clobber ( -i ) -P, --no-dereference -p --preserve=mode,ownership,timestamps --preserve[=ATTR_LIST] (: ) : context links xattr all --no-preserve=ATTR_LIST --parents -R, -r, --recursive --reflink[=WHEN] clone/CoW --remove-destination ( --force) --sparse=WHEN (sparse) --strip-trailing-slashes (/) -s, --symbolic-link -S, --suffix=SUFFIX -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY -T, --no-target-directory -u, --update -v, --verbose -x, --one-file-system -Z SELinux --context[=CTX] -Z CTX SELinux SMACK CTX --help --version (sparse) . --sparse=auto . --sparse=always . --sparse=never . --reflink[=always] (CoW). --reflink=auto . --reflink=never . '~' --suffix SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX . --backup VERSION_CONTROL . : none, off ( --backup ) numbered, t existing, nil simple, never cp force backup . (AUTHORS) Torbjorn Granlund David MacKenzie Jim Meyering. (REPORTING BUGS) GNU coreutils: : (COPYRIGHT) (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GPLv3+: GPL . : . . (SEE ALSO) : info '(coreutils) cp invocation' GNU coreutils 9.1 September 2022 CP(1)