ditto
Copy files and directories. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/ditto.html.
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Overwrite contents of destination directory with contents of source directory:
ditto {{path/to/source_directory}} {{path/to/destination_directory}}
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Print a line to the Terminal window for every file that's being copied:
ditto -V {{path/to/source_directory}} {{path/to/destination_directory}}
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Copy a given file or directory, while retaining the original file permissions:
ditto -rsrc {{path/to/source_directory}} {{path/to/destination_directory}}
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