cp

UNIX command for copying files and directories
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cp

Summary

cp is a standard UNIX utility or command[1]. cp draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (standard_unix_utility_or_command category, ranking #32 of 124).[2]

Key Facts

  • cp's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command[3].
  • cp's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[4].
  • cp's has use is recorded as copying[5].
  • cp's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03chyd[6].
  • cp's described at URL is recorded as http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/cp.html[7].
  • cp's reads environment variable is recorded as LANG[8].
  • cp's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_ALL[9].
  • cp's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_COLLATE[10].
  • cp's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_CTYPE[11].
  • cp's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_MESSAGES[12].
  • cp's reads environment variable is recorded as NLSPATH[13].
  • cp's has command line option is recorded as a[14].
  • cp's has command line option is recorded as f[15].
  • cp's has command line option is recorded as H[16].
  • cp's has command line option is recorded as i[17].
  • cp's has command line option is recorded as L[18].
  • cp's has command line option is recorded as n[19].
  • cp's has command line option is recorded as P[20].
  • cp's has command line option is recorded as p[21].
  • cp's has command line option is recorded as R[22].
  • cp's has command line option is recorded as v[23].
  • cp's has command line option is recorded as X[24].
  • cp's man page is recorded as cp.1[25].

Body

Publication

cp's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[4].

Why It Matters

cp draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (standard_unix_utility_or_command category, ranking #32 of 124).[2] cp has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] cp is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . GNU.org. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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