How to copy multiple files and directories into some other
directory?
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Answer / chets
cp <src_file1> <src_file2> <src_file3> <dest_dir>
In this case, each of the source files is copied into the
destination directory. This form of the command can be used
to copy all files in one directory into another directory.
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Answer / sangu
sorry for the previous post
cp -r test2 test1/
will work.
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Answer / sangu
If suppose the current working directory is test
i.e /home/test which contains the subdirectories test1
test2 if test2 to be copied in test1 the command is
cp test2 test1/
Now test1 will contain the test2 directory
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