Linux Shell - How to copy directory without symlink

Question

I would like to get everything inside one directory.

How can I copy entire directory (that originally contains files and symlinks) to a new directory that should contains all files but no symlink??

Thank you

Answer 1

Run this command

find (Old dir) -depth -type f -o -type d | cpio -pamVd /New/Directory

it will only copy files and directories, but not symlinks

Example:

find . -depth -type f -o -type d | cpio -pamVd /root/mydir

this will recursively copy all the file/directories from current directory to /root/mydir

Answer 2

Or simply copy everything, then delete the symlinks.

cp -R /path/source /path/dest; find /path/dest -type l -exec rm -f {} \;