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cp

UNIX command for copying files and directories
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Facts

5 properties
Instance of
standard UNIX utility or command
Part of
GNU Core Utilities[2]
Has use
copying[3]
Has command line option
a, f, H, i, L, n, P, p, R, v, X[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
Reads environment variable
LANG, LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE, LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, NLSPATH[4][5][6][7][8][9]
🏷️ Also known as
en cp ar cp ar سي بي fa سی‌پی fr copy hi सीपी ru Copy tr Cp (Unix)
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Described at URL
pubs.opengroup.org
Freebase ID
/m/03chyd
Man page
cp.1

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Belongs to 1
GNU Core Utilities
Has use 1
copying
Part of 1
GNU Core Utilities
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Summary

cp is a standard UNIX utility or command[1].

Related Entities

GNU Core Utilities

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . GNU.org. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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