CentOS: Copy directory to another directory

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I'm working with a CentOS server. I have a folder named test located in /home/server/folder/test. I need to copy the directory test to /home/server/. How can I do it?

score 106 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 27 '13 at 17:21

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cp -r /home/server/folder/test /home/server/

answered Jan 27 '13 at 17:21

James M

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if i need to copy Only all files in `test` directory(without test directory) to `/home/server/`. how to ? – BaTmaN Jan 27 '13 at 18:06
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`cp -r /home/server/folder/test/* /home/server/` – James M Jan 27 '13 at 18:27
is there any difference in using -R in here ? – mahen3d Jun 01 '15 at 05:32
If there's a directory inside `test` directory, yes there is a difference. – John Smith Feb 01 '17 at 04:11

score 26 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 03 '16 at 16:56

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To copy all files, including hidden files use:

cp -r /home/server/folder/test/. /home/server/

edited Feb 03 '16 at 16:56

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answered Sep 26 '14 at 08:41

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Thanks for this. Copying files no problem, copying files and hidden files was an elusive problem. +1 – Nate Sep 04 '15 at 23:17
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This is the only way thats working for me. The * doesn't work! – user2924019 Feb 08 '17 at 20:06
In my case, in order to save time, I specify the current directory like this: `$ cp -r ./Origin/. ./Destination/` – Pathros Mar 13 '19 at 23:07

score 17 · Answer 3 · edited May 14 '13 at 20:10

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As I understand, you want to recursively copy test directory into /home/server/ path...

This can be done as:

-cp -rf /home/server/folder/test/* /home/server/

Hope this helps

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answered May 14 '13 at 19:45

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Doesn't work for me. "No such file or directory" when adding the `*`. – user2924019 Feb 08 '17 at 20:05

Hiren Parghi · Answer 4 · 2019-02-05T04:34:15.043

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This works for me.

cp -r /home/server/folder/test/. /home/server

edited Feb 05 '19 at 04:34

answered Nov 29 '17 at 15:42

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 29 '17 at 17:22

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For copy directory use following command

cp -r source    Destination

For example

cp -r  /home/hasan   /opt

For copy file use command without -r

cp   /home/file    /home/hasan/

answered Nov 29 '17 at 17:22

Hasan Barary

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