Question

How can we copy a file into our current directory?

(a) cp file1

(b) cp file1

(c) cp file*

(d) none of the mentioned

I have been asked this question by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

My doubt stems from Copying a File: cp Command topic in chapter Handling Ordinary Files of Unix

Answer 1

Right option is (b) cp file1

For explanation: For creating a copy of a file into our current working directory we use the shorthand notation (.). For example,  cp file1  .  will create a copy of file1 into our current working directory with the same name.