cp command code example

Example 1: cp command

cp [OPTION] Source Destination
cp [OPTION] Source Directory
cp [OPTION] Source-1 Source-2 Source-3 Source-n Directory

First and second syntax is used to copy Source file to Destination file or Directory.
Third syntax is used to copy multiple Sources(files) to Directory.

Example 2: shell copy

cp text.txt Documentos/
#copy arquivo text.txt to directory Document/

Example 3: copy command in linux

move command : mv filename dirname
remove command : rm -r filename
copy command : cp filename dirname
zip command : zip -r filename.zip foldername
unzip command : unzip filename.zip -d dirname

Example 4: how to take output of command in cp linux

cp `ls -SF | grep -v / | head -5` Directory