Linux/Basic commands/cp

command is used for copying files and directories. It lacks progress bar indicator, but you can use  command to display the percentage of copied data or use rsync command.

Ansible also includes a cp module with limited scalability (>hundreds of files)

Options

 * hard link files instead of copying
 * hard link files instead of copying

Activities

 * 1) Understand the differences between cp, scp and rsync: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20244585/how-does-scp-differ-from-rsync
 * 2) Understand   option and usage cases
 * 3) Learn how to not overwrite a file with   option or using