Copy files & directories in Linux | Linux Today

Copy files & directories in Linux

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Mohd Sohail
Feb 2, 2020

In Linux, we copy files as we do in any other operating system available today. We open up a file manager, select a file to copy, and paste it anywhere we want. But what if you want or need to do copy files or directories in Linux through command line or apply some additional filters before copying? Well, that’s easy.

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Mohd Sohail

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