cp

Copy files and directories. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cp.

cp path/to/source_file.ext path/to/target_file.ext

cp path/to/source_file.ext path/to/target_parent_directory

cp -R path/to/source_directory path/to/target_directory

cp -vR path/to/source_directory path/to/target_directory

cp -t path/to/destination_directory path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...

cp -i *.txt path/to/target_directory

cp -L link path/to/target_directory

cp -t path/to/target_directory path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...