Re: question on "cp -f" on centos 5.1

["nate" <centos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

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