How to copy multiple files and directories into some other directory?

How to copy multiple files and directories into some other
directory?

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How to copy multiple files and directories into some other directory?..

Answer / chets

cp <src_file1> <src_file2> <src_file3> <dest_dir>

In this case, each of the source files is copied into the
destination directory. This form of the command can be used
to copy all files in one directory into another directory.

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How to copy multiple files and directories into some other directory?..

Answer / sangu

sorry for the previous post
cp -r test2 test1/
will work.

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How to copy multiple files and directories into some other directory?..

Answer / shami.r

cp -r source_directory destination_directory

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How to copy multiple files and directories into some other directory?..

Answer / sangu

If suppose the current working directory is test
i.e /home/test which contains the subdirectories test1
test2 if test2 to be copied in test1 the command is
cp test2 test1/
Now test1 will contain the test2 directory

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