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It has three principal modes.

If the command contains two file names, then it copies the contents of 1st file to the 2nd file. If the 2nd file doesn’t exist, then first it creates one, and content is copied to it. But if it existed then it is simply overwritten without any warning. So be careful when you choose the destination file name.

Suppose there is a directory named geeksforgeeks having a text file a.txt.

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If the command has one or more arguments, specifying file names and following those arguments, an argument specifying directory name then this command copies each source file to the destination directory with the same name, created if not existed but if already existed then it will be overwritten, so be careful!

Example:

Suppose there is a directory named geeksforgeeks having a text file a.txt, b.txt and a directory name new in which we are going to copy all files.

Note: For this case the last argument must be a directory name. For the above command to work, Dest directory must exist because cp command won’t create it.

If the command contains two directory names, cp copies all files of the source directory to the destination directory, creating any files or directories needed. This mode of operation requires an additional option, typically R, to indicate the recursive copying of directories.

In the above command, cp behavior depends upon whether Dest_directory exists or not. If the Dest_directory doesn’t exist, cp creates it and copies content of Src_directory recursively as it is. But if Dest_directory exists then copy of Src_directory becomes sub-directory under Dest_directory.

There are many options of cp command, here we will discuss some of the useful options: Suppose a directory named geeksforgeeks contains two files having some content named as a.txt and b.txt. This scenario is useful in understanding the following options.

The `cp` command is an essential tool which is used for copying files or groups of files and directories in Unix-Like operating systems. If we talk about its syntax it takes at least two filenames in as an argument (source and destination). As mentioned, the command has three principles: copying two file names, copying one or more arguments, and copying two directory names. Then we also mention the multiple options available while using `cp` command: `-i` , `-b` , `-f“ , `-r` , `-p`. To work with easy in Unix shell for file management one should know the proper working of `cp` command.