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

[Ed Wilts]

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 07:12:51PM -0600, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> 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.

Even easier than unaliasing the cp command:

/bin/cp foo.dat foo1.dat

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