cp command

[Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu]

On Tue, 2006-18-07 at 10:59 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> if i will run following command
> 
> cp /home/deep /home/deepak
> 
> if deep folder have same 100 files which is under /home/deepak it will
> ask permission for overwrite
> 
> i have to enter y 100 times. how can i forcefully over write the files?

You could use rsync instead.  But, if you're sticking with cp:

cp --reply=yes /home/deep /home/deepak

"man cp " is your friend.  Ask him/her/it.

HTH,

Ranbir

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