Jerry Geis wrote: > When I issue the command cp -af --reply=yes * ../other > it tells me --reply is deprecated and use -i or -f. > > when I remove the --reply=yes I have to indicate 'y' to every > file being copied. > > I just want to copy every file in my current directory to another > directory and overwrite any file that is there. > > What is the correct way to do that? As others have mentioned, I usually just do 'unalias cp' first. But you can also do yes | cp (cp options) which will say y to every prompt cp spits out. nate