How to copy a file in current directory? e.g. I have a file at /abc/xyz and I am in the current directory mno -- I want to copy a file from /abc/xyz/file.txt into mno.
cp command:
cp /cp_file_path /Destination_path But what about destination path as my current directory?
02 Answers
You can refer to the current directory with a dot (.).
So in your case:
cp /path/to/source.txt .For the destination directory use a single dot '.'
Long Answer
From your home directory type the following:
rick@dell:~$ mkdir a && mkdir a/b && mkdir a/b/c && mkdir a/b/c2
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
rick@dell:~$ cd a/b/c
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
rick@dell:~/a/b/c$ cp /etc/default/grub .
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
rick@dell:~/a/b/c$ cp /etc/default/grub ..
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
rick@dell:~/a/b/c$ cp /etc/default/grub ../c2
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
rick@dell:~/a/b/c$ cd ../../
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
rick@dell:~/a$ tree
.
└── b ├── c │ └── grub ├── c2 │ └── grub └── grub
3 directories, 3 filesWe created 4 directories on one line by using && to join multiple lines together. Then changed to the directory a/b/c, which is the current directory for the following copy commands:
- In the first copy command (
cp) we set the target / destination to our current directory (c) with.. - In the second copy command we set the directory to the parent
directory (b) with
... - In the third copy command we set the directory to the sibling
directory (c2) with
../c2
Next we changed directory to our grand-parent directory (a) using cd ../../.
Finally we use tree to show all the directories and files under directory a.
