Easy to use, slow to forget
Copy directory as well as subdirectories
The -R flag is to betoken a recursive copy
Note that this volition house source-dir/* inward dst-dir. If y'all desire to house source-dir/* in dst-dir/source-dir/* you must endure the next command:
If y'all desire to deed all directories to sub-directory, inward instance y'all used the incorrect ascendency above, endure the following:
Copy directory as well as subdirectories
The -R flag is to betoken a recursive copy
cp -R source-dir dst-dir
Note that this volition house source-dir/* inward dst-dir. If y'all desire to house source-dir/* in dst-dir/source-dir/* you must endure the next command:
mkdir /dst-dir/source-dir
cp -R source-dir dst-dir/source-dir
cp -R source-dir dst-dir/source-dir
If y'all desire to deed all directories to sub-directory, inward instance y'all used the incorrect ascendency above, endure the following:
mv !(subdir) subdir