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1.1     ! root        1: .TH CP 1 "1 April 1982"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: cp \- copy
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B cp
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B \-i
        !             9: ] [
        !            10: .B \-r
        !            11: ] file1 file2
        !            12: .PP
        !            13: .B cp
        !            14: [
        !            15: .B \-i
        !            16: ] [
        !            17: .B \-r
        !            18: ] file ... directory
        !            19: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            20: .I File1
        !            21: is copied onto
        !            22: .IR file2 .
        !            23: The mode and owner of  
        !            24: .I file2
        !            25: are preserved if it already
        !            26: existed; the mode of the source file
        !            27: is used otherwise.
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: In the second form, one or more
        !            30: .I files
        !            31: are copied into the
        !            32: .I directory
        !            33: with their original file-names.
        !            34: .PP
        !            35: .I Cp
        !            36: refuses to copy a file onto itself.
        !            37: .PP
        !            38: If the 
        !            39: .B \-i
        !            40: option is specified, 
        !            41: .I cp
        !            42: will prompt the user with the name of the file
        !            43: whenever the copy will cause an old file to be
        !            44: overwritten. An answer of 'y' will cause 
        !            45: .I cp
        !            46: to continue. Any other answer will prevent it
        !            47: from overwriting the file.
        !            48: .PP
        !            49: If the
        !            50: .B \-r
        !            51: option is specified and any of the source files are directories,
        !            52: .I cp
        !            53: copies each subtree rooted at that name; in this case
        !            54: the destination must be a directory.
        !            55: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            56: cat(1), pr(1), mv(1)

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