Difference between revisions of "Cp -pr"

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copies files and preserves it attributes. This is useful if you want to copy special files like devices:
 
copies files and preserves it attributes. This is useful if you want to copy special files like devices:
 
  tweedleburg:~ # cp -pr /dev/sda .
 
  tweedleburg:~ # cp -pr /dev/sda .
  tweedleburg:~ # [[ll]] sda
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  tweedleburg:~ # ll sda
 
  brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 0 Dec 20 08:39 sda
 
  brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 0 Dec 20 08:39 sda

Latest revision as of 06:06, 2 January 2021

The command

cp -pr

copies files and preserves it attributes. This is useful if you want to copy special files like devices:

tweedleburg:~ # cp -pr /dev/sda .
tweedleburg:~ # ll sda
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 0 Dec 20 08:39 sda