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could not copy the folder with .txt file in it to another folder

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I'm just trying to copy the folder present in /home/black/Desktop/linux to another folder present in /home/black/Desktop/ubuntu

now what i did.cd /home/black/Desktop/linux now am there in linux folder in Desktop.
Then:

 cp -r linux/ /home/black/Desktop/ubuntu

 no such file or directory

Between when i am copying the content from linux folder like .txt file to another directory i can do that smoothly. so y use -r when copying folder?

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answered 2 Years ago wherejuic · Accepted Answer

cp -r /home/black/Desktop/linux /home/black/Desktop/ubuntu

If there is a specific folder in the linux folder, you will need to add that folder to the source path. The source and destination paths need to be separated by a space. Your original command likely failed because you you used a source path of linux/ and the trailing / leaves an undefined path in the command. Using the -r invokes recursive copying to copy all the contents of the directory.