How can I change the behavior of the copy (cp) command when it asks if I want to overwrite the existing file, even though I passed it the "-f" argument?

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Issue

  • The following command asks to overwrite the existing file, even though the -f argument was passed:

    cp -f <filename> </path/to/some_existing_file>

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

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