Re: RH 8.0 - "cp -f" doesn't work, it always prompts.

[Richard Dawe]

Hello.

Harrison-Schaaffe wrote:
> Looks like a file copy bug
> 
> RedHat version 8.0 cp (fileutils) 4.1.9
> 
> cp -f doesn't work, it always prompts.

Do you have an alias for cp? E.g. in your .bashrc (or whatever shell you use),
do you have a line like:

    alias cp='cp -i'

This may be in the system-wide bash start-up script (/etc/bashrc?).

Anyway, to unalias it under bash, use:

    unalias cp

Regards,

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