Hi,
Can someone tell me the difference between -r and -v which is used in copying folders in first lectures and what are these actually?
for example
cp -v /home/thor/asia /home/thor
and
cp -r /home/thor/asia /home/thor
Hi,
Can someone tell me the difference between -r and -v which is used in copying folders in first lectures and what are these actually?
for example
cp -v /home/thor/asia /home/thor
and
cp -r /home/thor/asia /home/thor
Hi umar.butt01,
-v
, --verbos
: explain what is being done
-R
, -r
, --recursive
: copy directories recursively
Hope this clarifies.
Hi
I get the point of -r that it will also copy the sub-directories of that folder into another location, without -r it will only copy the folder, isn’t it?
I still do not get the verbose or -v , can you explain it with any example please so my concept about this can be clear
cp -v
enables verbose mode which displays what’s being copied.
Check the example below :