nushell/docs/commands/cp.md

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title: cp
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Copy files.

## Signature

```> cp (source) (destination) --recursive```

## Parameters

 -  `source`: the place to copy from
 -  `destination`: the place to copy to
 -  `--recursive`: copy recursively through subdirectories
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			`title: cp`
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			`version: 0.59.0`
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			- `destination`: the place to copy to
			- `--recursive`: copy recursively through subdirectories
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