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?
Issue
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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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