.DT cp $MUDNAME$ creator help cp .SH Name .SI 5 cp - Copy files. .EI .SH Syntax .SI 5 cp <file(s)> <file|dir> .EI .SH Description .SP 5 5 The cp command is used to duplicate a file. You can copy it into a different directory keeping the same name, or copy it to a file of a different name anywhere. cp will not overwrite files, so you will have to rm the file that is already there if you want to replace an old copy of a file with a newer one. .EP .SH Examples .SI 5 cp test1 test2 cp test1 testdir cp test* testdir .EI .SH See also .SP 5 5 mv, rm .EP