On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 01:53:33PM +0200, Michael Me_ wrote:
> I would like to copy files with cp and never overwrite existing files.
> 
> I can use cp -i, but I don't want to say 'n' 1000 times (because there
> is no "No for all" option) or I just want to do that in a batch file,
> where I cannot give any answers to questions.

yes n |cp -ir foo/ bar/

Don't know what to do about the broken pipe though...

bernd

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