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Fastest way to backup a single file?

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I want to quickly create a backup of a file, by creating a duplicate with a '~' at the end, in terminal. Is there any straight forward single command way of doing this?

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answered 2 Years ago inciplyies · Accepted Answer

Create a shell function

backup() {

   cp ${1} ${1}~

}

Put it in your shell rc file, for bash it is ~/.bashrc. Source .bashrc or start a new shell.

 . ~/.bashrc

 backup youFile

And you have a copy of yourFile.