Usage: cp [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST
  or:  cp [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
Copy SOURCE to DEST, or multiple SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.

  -a, --archive                same as -dpR
  -b, --backup                 make backup before removal
  -d, --no-dereference         preserve links
  -f, --force                  remove existing destinations, never prompt
  -i, --interactive            prompt before overwrite
  -l, --link                   link files instead of copying
  -p, --preserve               preserve file attributes if possible
  -r                           copy recursively, non-directories as files
      --sparse=WHEN            control creation of sparse files
  -s, --symbolic-link          make symbolic links instead of copying
  -u, --update                 copy only older or brand new files
  -v, --verbose                explain what is being done
  -x, --one-file-system        stay on this file system
  -P, --parents                append source path to DIRECTORY
  -R, --recursive              copy directories recursively
  -S, --suffix=SUFFIX          override the usual backup suffix
  -V, --version-control=WORD   override the usual version control
      --help                   display this help and exit
      --version                output version information and exit

By default, sparse SOURCE files are detected by a crude heuristic and the
corresponding DEST file is made sparse as well.  That is the behavior
selected by --sparse=auto.  Specify --sparse=always to create a sparse DEST
file whenever the SOURCE file contains a long enough sequence of zero bytes.
Use --sparse=never to inhibit creation of sparse files.

The backup suffix is ~, unless set with SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.  The
version control may be set with VERSION_CONTROL, values are:

  t, numbered     make numbered backups
  nil, existing   numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
  never, simple   always make simple backups

As a special case, cp makes a backup of SOURCE when the force and backup
options are given and SOURCE and DEST are the same name for an existing,
regular file.