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Command to Copy Files on a Mac in Terminal.app


If you want to run a command to copy a directory on an Apple computer open Terminal.app under Applications . . . Utilities . . . in Finder. Then enter the command cp with the switch -Ri. The R makes it recursive (it will copy any subdirectories in the source path), and the i makes it interactive - meaning the user will be prompted if files are going to replaced. Don't include the name of the computer in the command. So if the the Get Info properties for a directory shows it as being at HomeAppleLaptop/Users/JohnsonF/Documents , just enter Users/JohnsonF/Documents. This is the full format:

cp -Ri /Users/JohnsonF/Documents/manuals /Uses/JohnsonF/Documents/Dogs


 
 

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Sean O'Shea has more than 20 years of experience in the litigation support field with major law firms in New York and San Francisco.   He is an ACEDS Certified eDiscovery Specialist and a Relativity Certified Administrator.

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