cp

Copy files and directories. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cp.

• Copy a file to another location:
  cp {{path/to/source_file.ext}} {{path/to/target_file.ext}}
• Copy a file into another directory, keeping the filename:
  cp {{path/to/source_file.ext}} {{path/to/target_parent_directory}}
• Recursively copy a directory's contents to another location (if the destination exists, the directory is copied inside it):
  cp -R {{path/to/source_directory}} {{path/to/target_directory}}
• Copy a directory recursively, in verbose mode (shows files as they are copied):
  cp -vR {{path/to/source_directory}} {{path/to/target_directory}}
• Copy multiple files at once to a directory:
  cp -t {{path/to/destination_directory}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}
• Copy text files to another location, in interactive mode (prompts user before overwriting):
  cp -i {{*.txt}} {{path/to/target_directory}}
• Follow symbolic links before copying:
  cp -L {{link}} {{path/to/target_directory}}
• Use the first argument as the destination directory (useful for xargs ... | cp -t <DEST_DIR>):
  cp -t {{path/to/target_directory}} {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}