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 *.ext path/to/target_directory

cp -L link path/to/target_directory

cp --parents source/path/to/file path/to/target_file