How to Merge Folders & Directories in Linux

Linux allows you to easily work with files & directories. Sometimes you may need to merge folders & directories in Linux. In this article, we will learn how to merge folders & directories in Linux.

How to Merge Folders & Directories in Linux

Here are the steps to merge folders & directories in Linux. cp is one of the simplest commands to help you merge folders & directories in Linux.

Here is the syntax to copy multiple folders into a single one.

cp -rv /path/to/copy1 /path/to/copy2 /path/to/copy3 /dest/dir

For example, if you want to copy contents of folders /home/ubuntu/data1, /home/ubuntu/data2, /home/ubuntu/data3 into /home/ubuntu/projects then you can use the following command.

cp -rv /home/ubuntu/data1 /home/ubuntu/data2 /home/ubuntu/data3 /home/ubuntu/projects

Basically, you need to list all the folders that you want to combine one after the other in space-separated manner and mention the destination folder at the end of the command.

You can customize these commands as per your requirement.

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