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

[Jason Dixon]

On Jul 25, 2004, at 9:12 PM, 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.

Or just use "unalias cp" to make it effective only for the running 
shell.

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