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I am new to Ubuntu. I am wondering how to copy files in terminal.

Source location
/home/Drive_1/file_1.txt

To be copied at
/home/Drive_2/

I am already inside Drive_1 and trying

cp file_1.txt /Drive_2

but this does not work.

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answered 2 Years ago umplegitimat · Accepted Answer

If both directories are in the same parent directory you should not put a / but a ../in fron of the directory to copy

# we are in /home/Drive_1

cp file_1.txt ../Drive_2

Your command is interpreted as

copy file to root/directory

not

copy file to /home/directory/Drive_2