On Monday 26 July 2004 04:15, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 07:12:51PM -0600, 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. > > Even easier than unaliasing the cp command: > > /bin/cp foo.dat foo1.dat just for my 2p (or c, I suppose)-worth: even easier than giving a complete path... \cp runs cp ignoring the alias, so \cp file1 file2 will do what you want :-) Stuart -- Stuart Sears RHCE, RHCX -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
