Linux 101: How to copy documents and directories from the command line

Jack Wallen continues his Linux 101 sequence, with an introduction on how to copy data files and directories from the command line.

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cp /etcetera/samba/smb.conf /etcetera/samba/smb.conf.bak
sudo cp /and many others/samba/smb.conf /etcetera/samba/smb.conf.bak
sudo cp -a /and so forth/samba/smb.conf /and many others/samba/smb.conf.bak
sudo cp -R /etc/samba ~/samba.bak
sudo cp -aR /and so on/samba ~/samba.bak

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