cp-old for filesystem

Old nushell version of Copy files.

Signature

> cp-old {flags} (source) (destination)

Flags

• --recursive, -r: copy recursively through subdirectories
• --verbose, -v: show successful copies in addition to failed copies (default:false)
• --update, -u: copy only when the SOURCE file is newer than the destination file or when the destination file is missing
• --interactive, -i: ask user to confirm action
• --no-symlink, -n: no symbolic links are followed, only works if -r is active
• --progress, -p: enable progress bar

Parameters

• source: the place to copy from
• destination: the place to copy to

Input/output types:

input	output
nothing	nothing

Examples

Copy myfile to dir_b

> cp myfile dir_b

Recursively copy dir_a to dir_b

> cp -r dir_a dir_b

Recursively copy dir_a to dir_b, and print the feedbacks

> cp -r -v dir_a dir_b

Move many files into a directory

> cp *.txt dir_a

Copy only if source file is newer than target file

> cp -u a b