What cp -r does
Copy a whole folder, contents and all.
cp-rmyfolderbackup
cp— command — copy-r— flag — copy a folder recursivelymyfolder— argument: a file, a folder, or textbackup— argument: a file, a folder, or text
What it does when you run it
$ cp -r myfolder backup $ ls backup keep.txt
Run it yourself
The same files. Nothing here can break, and nothing leaves your browser.
Where you use it
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Written by Mikhail Kuzmitskii