Comments on: Make a Quick Backup of a File from the Command Line

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:31:01 +0000

That one is so useful. A time saver. I use it with ”mv” as well.

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It’s also good for replacing the edited file with the backup (eg original copy) by moving the comma to the end.

cp file.txt{.backup,}

By: Jonathan Barratt

Jonathan Barratt — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:39:25 +0000

Since I find the curly braces take my fingers too far away from the home keys, I prefer:

cp filename.ext (Ctrl-w) (Ctrl-y) (Ctrl-y) (backspace).backup

Ctrl-w erases the previous word and ctrl-y pastes it back again (plus a trailing space).

$0.02,
Jonathan

By: jeff

jeff — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:17:59 +0000

since i hate trying to quickly type {}’s, i’ll stick with my standard. using autocomplete makes it the same amount of keys about, but less to remember for me.

cp ho ho.backup