How to copy in bash all directory and files recursive?

I have script:

find ./SourceFolder/ -maxdepth 4 -exec cp -R '{}' ./DestFolder/ \; 

SourceDir contains also sub-folders.

Problem that in DestFolder not only all tree, but in up level all another levels and files.

How to fix ?

4 Answers

cp -r ./SourceFolder ./DestFolder 

code for a simple copy.

cp -r ./SourceFolder ./DestFolder 

code for a copy with success result

cp -rv ./SourceFolder ./DestFolder 

code for Forcefully if source contains any readonly file it will also copy

cp -rf ./SourceFolder ./DestFolder 

for details help

cp --help 

also try this cp -r ./dist/* ./out;

this command will copy dist/* files to out dir;

You might find it handy to keep your attributes set

cp -arf ./SourceFolder ./DestFolder