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54 lines
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layout: page
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category_title: Intermediate commands
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category-page: intermediate
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author: Marco Farace
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title: install
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<h2>Use: install binaries, move or copy files</h2>
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<p>The file(s) are copied to the target file or directory. If the destination
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is a directory, then the file is copied into directory with its original
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filename. If the target file already exists, it is either renamed to
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file.old if the -b option is given or overwritten if permissions allow.
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An alternate backup suffix may be specified via the -B option's argument.
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Basic syntax is in the form <code>install [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST</code>
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<br><code>$install -D /source/folder/*.xyz /destination/folder</code><br>
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this line of code copies all .xyz file from /source/folder to
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/destination/folder</p>
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<p>
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Here are just some of the most useful options for this command:
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<ul>
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<li>-b<br></li>
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Back up any existing files before overwriting them by renaming
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them to file.old. See -B for specifying a different backup suffix.
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(-B suffix Use suffix as the backup suffix if -b is given)
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<li>-C<br></li>
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Copy the file. If the target file already exists and the files
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are the same, then don't change the modification time of the target
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<li>-d<br></li>
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Create directories. Missing parent directories are created as
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required.
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<li>-f<br></li>
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Specify the target's file flags; see chflags(1) for a list of
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possible flags and their meanings.
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<li>-g<br></li>
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Specify a group. A numeric GID is allowed.
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<li>-m<br></li>
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Specify an alternate mode. The default mode is set to rwxr-xr-x
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(0755). The specified mode may be either an octal or symbolic
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value;
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<li>-o<br></li>
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Specify an owner. A numeric UID is allowed.
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</p>
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