&sq=&lang=&file=File:Cp-example-command-gimp.gif) Example usage of cp command | |
| Original author(s) | AT&T Bell Laboratories |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Various open-source and commercial developers |
| Initial release | November 3, 1971 |
| Written in | Plan 9: C |
| Operating system | Unix, Unix-like, Plan 9, Inferno, KolibriOS |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Command |
| License | coreutils: GPLv3 Plan 9: MIT License |
In computing, cp is a command in various Unix and Unix-like operating systems for copying files and directories. The command has three principal modes of operation, expressed by the types of arguments presented to the program for copying a file to another file, one or more files to a directory, or for copying entire directories to another directory.[1]
The utility further accepts various command line option flags to detail the operations performed. The two major specifications are POSIX cp and GNU cp. GNU cp has many additional options over the POSIX version.[2]
The command is also available in the EFI shell.[3]
- ^ "Cp(1) - Linux manual page".
- ^ "GNU Coreutils: cp invocation". GNU.
- ^ "EFI Shells and Scripting". Intel. Retrieved 2013-09-25.