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How do you recursively copy files and directories in Linux using the cp command?
How do you recursively copy files and directories in Linux using the cp command?
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In linxux we can simply use `-R` option with the `cp` command to recursively copy the file and directories.
For example:
cp -R sourece_durectory destination_directory