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Re: cp without overwriting files but printing warning messages automatic
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Peng Yu |
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Re: cp without overwriting files but printing warning messages automatically? |
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Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:03:11 -0500 |
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 3:37 AM, Henrik Juul Pedersen
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Peng Yu,
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> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 5:58 AM, Peng Yu <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> -i can prompt warning messages. But I have to type n to avoid
>> overwriting files. I found 'yes' to print 'y' repetitively. Is there
>> something I can use to cp without overwrite files but with warning
>> messages printed automatically?
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> From the cp manual:
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> -n, --no-clobber
> do not overwrite an existing file (overrides a previous -i
> option)
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> Does this answer your question?
It does not print any warnings. I need the warnings (e.g., b.txt could
be overwritten if -n were not used) be printed.
echo a > a.txt
echo b > b.txt
cp -n a.txt b.txt
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Regards,
Peng