Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

Development Tools Introduction to the Terminal Common Commands Working with Files

Posted by Erica Collier
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree seal-36
Erica Collier
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 14,416 Points

Hi, can someone help me understand what exactly am I doing wrong? I put the dash behind the r, (recursive).

I'm putting cp -r issue_27.txt, but it keeps retuning as invalid for the the -r

2 Answers

Megan Amendola
seal-mask
STAFF
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree seal-36
Megan Amendola
Treehouse Teacher
Megan Amendola
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree seal-36
Megan Amendola
Treehouse Teacher

If you're copying a file, you want to specify the file to copy from and the name of the copy. cp template.txt issue_27.txt

Erica Collier
seal-mask
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree seal-36
Erica Collier
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 14,416 Points
Erica Collier
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree seal-36
Erica Collier
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 14,416 Points

Thanks Megan