Copying local files with curl

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Is there a way to copy local files with curl, I need it to work as an alternative for cp command.

This is a bit strange, but I'm working on an environment where cp is not available.

Pretty sure you don't care at all 2 years after, but I would have avoided `curl` and used `cat` + basic shell redirection : `cat sourceFile > targetFile` — Aaron, Nov 09 '16 at 16:04

score 32 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 11 '16 at 13:34

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You could say:

curl -o /path/to/destination file:///path/to/source/file

This would copy /path/to/source/file to /path/to/destination.

edited Nov 11 '16 at 13:34

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answered Jan 09 '14 at 14:37

devnull

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or ```curl file:///path/to/source/file > /path/to/destination``` which uses plain shell redirection. – Carlos Apr 27 '17 at 13:47

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 09 '14 at 15:08

you can use rsync

rsync -avz /path/to/src/file /path/to/dst/dir

You can also use tar

cd /path/to/src/dir; tar -cpf - sourcefile | (cd /path/to/dest/dir; tar -xpf -)

if your tar support -C

cd /path/to/src/dir; tar -cpf - sourcefile | tar -xpf - -C /path/to/dest/dir

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