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Or, you can keep the cp -i and, when you want to skip the prompt by typing a backslash ("\") before the command. Just like this:<BR>
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\cp <filename> <destiny><BR>
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This works with mv and rm, too.<BR>
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On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 14:21, Christophe Le Guern wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#0500ff"><I>On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 11:05:47 -0500
"Genti A. Hila" <genti_tek4@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi list,
> When i copy a file to another location and that file exist there already there is a promts that asks for overwriting. How can i skip the prompt
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> cp /var/named/named.run /var/named/named.save
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> I tried man cp and tried option -f ( cp -f ......) which works fine when I remove a file but still it asks me when i try to overwrite.
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> How can i force it to be non interactive ? I didn't see any option that allows me to do so.
Look at ~/.bashrc, there is some alias like cp='cp -i', just comment it out.
Christophe
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