[CentOS] Lame question about cp

[David Ayres]

I have used the -f flag and it never seems to work for me; I still get
prompted.


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From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf
Of mouss
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 7:04 PM
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Subject: Re: [CentOS] Lame question about cp

Mário Gamito wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How can i copy a file to another with the same name without being 
> prompted for a confirmation ?
>
> I read the cp man page, but nada.

1.
# /bin/cp foo bar

2.
# cp -f foo bar

3.
# \cp foo bar

4.
# unalias cp
# cp foo bar

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