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Copy a file

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Caution: This command changes the system. Understand what it does before you run it.

Adjust the values, the command updates live
user@server
cp -ip -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/.htaccess /var/www/vhosts/example.com/private/htaccess-copy

Copies QUELLE to ZIEL. If ZIEL is an existing directory, the copy is placed inside it under the original name. -p keeps permissions, owner (where allowed) and timestamps, -i asks before overwriting.

Note: Whole directories have their own entry using cp -a.

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Copy a directory with its contents

$cp -a -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/mytheme /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/mytheme-copy
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Create a dated backup copy of a file

$cp -p -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/.htaccess /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/.htaccess.bak-$(date +%F-%H%M)
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Copy a file from a Docker container to the host

#docker cp app:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf /root/nginx.conf
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Delete a file

$rm -i -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/old.zip
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Find a file by name

$find /var/www/vhosts -iname '*wp-config*' 2>/dev/null
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List directory contents with permissions and sizes

$ls -lAh --group-directories-first -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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