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Suppose I have a folder named my_folder_old in /path/to/folder, how can I create a duplicate named my_folder_new in the same directory?
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Moreover if my_folder_new already exists, my_folder_old is created inside the first and not substituted. Why is this happening?
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An obvious way to do this is to use a command like “cp file1 file1-orig.” The command is named cp from the short name of copy, which means copy. Linux system users can copy folders, directories, and files using the cp command. We can use cp commands along with destination and source only.
Actually, we've already covered half of renaming, because when you copy or move files, you can also rename. To move and rename the file, just substitute mv for cp in the above example.
Tutorial copy files, folder link: link
Manual cp command : Link
cp -frp /path/to/folder/my_folder_old -T /path/to/folder/my_folder_new
-f, --force
if an existing destination file cannot be opened, remove it
and try again (this option is ignored when the -n option is
also used)
-p same as --preserve=mode,ownership,timestamps
-R, -r, --recursive
copy directories recursively
-T, --no-target-directory
treat DEST as a normal file
Though if my_folder_new already exists, my_folder_old is created inside the first and not substituted. Why is this happening?
The reason why is this happening because, my_folder_new already created. Doing same cp command it will see as new path, /path/to/folder/my_folder_new/
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