SHELL

copy one file content to another in linux

cp -v foo.txt bar.txt

copy one file to another in linux

cp -r xyz/  ~/Downloads/

copy content from one files to another in linux shell script

#!/bin/sh
cd test1;
echo "list of files:";
ls;
for filename in *;
do echo "file: ${filename}";
echo "reading..."
exec<${filename}
value=0
while read line
do
   #value='expr ${value} +1';
   echo ${line};
done
echo "read done for ${filename}";
cp ${filename} ../test2;
echo "file ${filename} moved to test2"; 
done