cp command: copy files and directories

cp [options] source file destination

• -i interactive, if the target file already exists, it will ask whether to overwrite y / n
• -r recursive folders for copy directory
  • cp  /home/janet/clients/*  /home/nick/customers
  • cp -r /home/nick/clients /home/nick/customers
• After -p copy the target file to retain the source file's attributes (including the owner, owning group, permissions, and time), commonly used to perform a backup, when the log backup.
• Copy multiple files to a folder
  • cp [options] test1.c test2.c test3.c ../test1/