[RH List] how to copy a file , and ignore the prompt...

[Ashley M. Kirchner]

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004, bruce wrote:

> a real basic question. how can i copy a file in linux so that i ginore/don't
> respond to the prompt???
> 
> google/help/man pages indicate that cp without the "-i" should work. when i
> use:
> 
>  cp foo.dat foo1.dat
>  i still get the prompt if foo1.dat exists.

	That's because by default, .bashrc will alias 'cp -i' to 'cp' - so 
you'd have to undo that before it works the way you want it to.  Edit your 
.bashrc file and get rid of the alias.

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