How do I copy folder with files to another folder in Unix Linux

Question

I am having some issues to copy a folder with files in that folder into another folder  Command cp -r doesn t copy files in the folder

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The option you re looking for is -R   cp -R path to source path to destination     If destination doesn t exist  it will be created  -R means copy directories recursively  You can also use -r since it s case-insensitive  Note the nuances with adding the trailing   as per  muni764 s comment

User · Answer

Use     cp -R SRCFOLDER DESTFOLDER

User · Answer

You are looking for the cp command   You need to change directories so that you are outside of the directory you are trying to copy       If the directory you re copying is called dir1 and you want to copy it to your  home Pictures folder   cp -r dir1    Pictures    Linux is case-sensitive and also needs the   after each directory to know that it isn t a file     is a special character in the terminal that automatically evaluates to the current user s home directory    If you need to know what directory you are in  use the command pwd   When you don t know how to use a Linux command  there is a manual page that you can refer to by typing   man  insert command here    at a terminal prompt   Also  to auto complete long file paths when typing in the terminal  you can hit Tab after you ve started typing the path and you will either be presented with choices  or it will insert the remaining part of the path

[linux] How do I copy folder with files to another folder in Unix/Linux?

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