Say no to overwriting if cp -i is the default alias.

• Say no to overwriting if cp -i is the default alias.

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  /bin/cp -n <from> <to>
  bunam · 2010-09-25 07:02:42 0
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• Say no to overwriting if cp -i is the default alias.

  This is sample output - yours may be different.

  
  

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  yes n | cp something toSomeWhereElse
  wr8cr8 · 2010-09-25 00:51:05 0
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(it's =cp on zsh) but more to the point, cp will overwrite without the -i option as the default -i turns cp into interactive mode, so it asks each time you try to ovewrite (hence using "yes" to answer "no" to each inquiry) so what you really need is \cp -n something toSomeWhereElse or =cp -n something toSomeWhereElse on zsh (regardless of what cp is aliased to)

infinull · 790 weeks and 3 days ago

works for rm too. :)

Habitual · 790 weeks and 3 days ago

Generally - escape a command to avoid using an alias. Bad description. That is actually NOT an alternative way to say no\yes to overwrite with cp -i, but a way of using the original command.

RanyAlbeg · 790 weeks and 3 days ago

Actually, it works indeed for any command which has been aliased and has its name hidden by an alias declaration. The very useful one used to be \ls which used to be overridden in past times by crackers who had penetrated a UNIX system. I agree with the fellow that the description is totally wrong. It was only the case that another user proposed a similar approach with this title at the beginning.

xakon · 790 weeks and 1 day ago

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