[SOLVED] Terminal Questions "cp"

[nujinini]

Hello again!

I was practicing to copy files from one place to another and am encountering something that I do not understand, I hope you can enlighten me on this please.

[jun@localhost ~]$ mkdir copy_practice
[jun@localhost ~]$ ls
copy_practice  docs       Download     dwhelper  Pictures  Templates  vobcopy
Desktop        Documents  dvdrip-data  Music     Public    Videos

[jun@localhost ~]$ cp copy_practice /media/Storage\ Bin\ \(\A\)/Entertainment/Movies
cp: omitting directory `copy_practice'

[jun@localhost ~]$ cp copy_practice /media/"Storage Bin (A)"/Entertainment/Movies
cp: omitting directory `copy_practice'

[jun@localhost ~]$

I was trying to copy "copy_practice from my "~" to "Movies" but I encounter this error message that I do not understand. Thanks!

[devils casper]

Use -R or -r option with cp to copy recursively. It will copy all the contents in Directory and its sub-directories.

cp -R copy_practice /media/"Storage Bin (A)"/Entertainment/Movies

[oz]

You can read up on the -R option as described above by Devils Casper along with other options for the cp command by going to a terminal and running:

man cp

Check out LinuxCommand.org for some quick and easy command line lessons:

LinuxCommand.org: Learn the Linux command line. Write shell scripts.

[nujinini]

Use -R or -r option with cp to copy recursively. It will copy all the contents in Directory and its sub-directories.

cp -R copy_practice /media/"Storage Bin (A)"/Entertainment/Movies

Done!

Thank you!

[nujinini]

You can read up on the -R option as described above by Devils Casper along with other options for the cp command by going to a terminal and running:

man cp

Check out LinuxCommand.org for some quick and easy command line lessons:

LinuxCommand.org: Learn the Linux command line. Write shell scripts.

Thanks!

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