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[nabeelamjad]

Hi,
i have a problem

for example my current path in server is
root@server [/home/user1/public_html/upload]#
and i wanna copy every thing inside directory upload to /home/user1/public_html/
but when i used this command
root@server [/home/user1/public_html/upload]#cp -r -f *.* /home/user1/public_html/

then it just copy files . is there is any way to copy folder as well ???

[duplu]

To copy everything to the directory below use:

root@server [/home/user1/public_html/upload]#cp * -R ../

or to just move it use:

root@server [/home/user1/public_html/upload]#mv * ../

[SparkSupport]

Originally Posted by duplu

To copy everything to the directory below use:

root@server [/home/user1/public_html/upload]#cp * -R ../

or to just move it use:

root@server [/home/user1/public_html/upload]#mv * ../

But, that will NOT copy/move the hidden files ( files that starts with a "." ) under "upload" dir. You will have to deal with them seperately.

[Domainitor]

Why not use

root@server [/home/user1/public_html/upload]# mv `ls -A` ..

That'll get everything....

[jexxie]

Or we could just copy it all in a nice command:

cp -R * .* ../

[Domainitor]

If you don't mind error messages ("cp: ../. and .. are identical (not copied).") then jexxie's command is fine. If this'll be in a script the error may be disconcerting....

[sanjuabraham]

Hello,

You can use the following command


root@server] cd /home/user1/public_html/upload

cp -pr * /home/user1/public_html/

Thanks

[jexxie]

ok, here's the command with the errors stripped/redirected away:

cp -R .* * ../ 2>/dev/null

[amr922]

use rsync
Regards ,