copy content of folder to another folder linux code example

Example 1: copy folders linux

cp -R source_dir destination_dir
#example
cp -R /etc /etc_backup

Example 2: copy folder linux

cp -R dir1 dir2

Example 3: copy directory command in linux

$ cp -R <source_folder_1> <source_folder_2> ... <source_folder_n>  <destination_folder>