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+# cp
+
+> Copies a file
+
+- copy files in arbitrary locations
+
+`cp {{/path/to/original}} {{/path/to/copy}}`
+
+- copy a file to a parent directory
+
+`cp {{/path/to/original}} ../{{/path/to/copy}}`