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Let's see now how we can copy files and directories.

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Let me open the graphical interface so you can visualize what's happening in real time.

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And I'm going to fix that a little bit so that fit and my skin in the coding

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and know what I want to do is I want to copy the test file that I created previously in the temp directory

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to the documents directory.

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Again here I'm typing tab for completion and this particular case I'm typing.

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TAB TAB because I have to test files one test file and want this file too.

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So the system doesn't know exactly which one I'm referring to.

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If I type tab once I type tab twice and the system tells me there are two files and this is going to

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go with the first one and the structure for the copy command is C.P. the file.

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I want to copy and then the destination I want to copy to.

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So in this example I'm copying the text file from directory temp and the destination I wanted to be

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the documents directory.

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You know what I mean on purpose change that and type it wrongly so you can see how the Linux case sensitivity

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works.

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I'm changing the documents from capital-T to small-D.

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Notice what happens now.

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Look at the right side.

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If I type LS notice that I have now a new file called Documents

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and if I look on the right side I can verify that.

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And you file those documents has been created.

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So what happened.

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I mistyped the documents folder name which starts with a capital D and instead of using a capital D

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I used a small d.

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So the copy command understood this.

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Understood that I want to copy the file name test file and the destination that I wanted to be copied

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to is the file called documents.

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In other words it's like I'm copying the text file and renaming it to documents.

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So both now test file and documents file are exactly the same.

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It's like in Windows when you copy a file from one directory to another and rename it.

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This is exactly what happened here.

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I'm going to clear my screen and let's now do it the correct way.

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I'm going to say Copy time test file.

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And now I'm going to type it correctly using a capital D which is my copy command to copy the text file

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into the documents directory.

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Now if I go to the documents directory I'll see that the test file has been copied there.

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Good stuff.

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Let's say I want to copy it under a different name.

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I can do exactly just that copy time testified to documents slash different name or whatever name you

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want to give it.

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Let me have another look at the content of them.

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So I have directed the one if you remember in directory one there was another directory nested into

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it called directory to let's say I want to copy the entire contents of directory one and directory to

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the documents

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the way I can do that as using the minus Otter option which means copy recursively so C.P dash are slash

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them did one and two documents.

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And here we go.

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Look at the right hand side.

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We have a folder data on and inside this for the DA to let's say I want to copy it under a different

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name.

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I can do that easily by giving it whatever name I want.

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And again if I go to a different name I'll find that inside it is dear to.

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Now here's the thing about copy it copies without asking us if we want to overwrite a file of the file

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already exists in Microsoft Windows by default.

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If I'm copying a file over a preexisting file it will either automatically rename it for us or it will

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ask us if we want to overwrite it in Linux.

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It doesn't ask why default by default it will overnight tonight if I do again copy temp tests file into

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documents the old test file will be overwritten without me even being prompted.

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One simple way to change that is to use the minus option which stands for interactive.

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So now if I type C minus I the temp test file into documents.

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Linux will tell me the file exists you want to overwrite it.

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I can either say yes or no and proceed.