'ppreciate the repsonses to my question!!!! thanks! -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jason Dixon Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:16 PM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: [RH List] how to copy a file , and ignore the prompt... On Jul 25, 2004, at 9:12 PM, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > On Sun, 25 Jul 2004, bruce wrote: > >> a real basic question. how can i copy a file in linux so that i >> ginore/don't >> respond to the prompt??? >> >> google/help/man pages indicate that cp without the "-i" should work. >> when i >> use: >> >> cp foo.dat foo1.dat >> i still get the prompt if foo1.dat exists. > > That's because by default, .bashrc will alias 'cp -i' to 'cp' - so > you'd have to undo that before it works the way you want it to. Edit > your > .bashrc file and get rid of the alias. Or just use "unalias cp" to make it effective only for the running shell. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
