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What precisely does cp -b (--backup) actually do?
Before you hit me with the obvious, I know, the backup option makes a backup of a file.
But the thing is, the cp command in general backs up a file. One could argue a copy of a file is a backup.
So ...
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What is the use of n option in cut command?
I'm learning about the cut command. In the man page of cut, they show the -n option like:
-n (ignored)
But I didn't understand the usage of the n option or when we would use it. Can anyone ...
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How can I delete a file named "--append"? [duplicate]
By mistake I have created a file named : --append.
How do I delete it?
Simply entering the usual command, rm -f --append, doesn't work.
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cp -L vs. cp -H
Problem
When copying files with cp -H or cp -L, I get the same results:
$ ls -l fileA
fileA -> fileB
$ cp fileA somewhere/ -H
$ ls -l somewhere/
fileA # fileA is a copy of fileB, only ...
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convert soft- to hardlinks with cp
The cp command's infopage offers on the option --preserve= the following:
links
Preserve in the destination files any links between
corresponding source files. Note that with -L' ...
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What's the real point of the -f option on rm?
By reading the GNU coreutils man page for rm, one of the options is -f, which according to the manual,
-f, --force
ignore nonexistent files and arguments, never prompt
Now, I made some ...
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