install

Options

--backup=<CONTROL>

make a backup of each existing destination file

-b

like --backup but does not accept an argument

-c

install-help-ignored

--compare, -C

install-help-compare

--directory, -d

install-help-directory

-D

install-help-create-leading

--group=<GROUP>, -g <GROUP>

install-help-group

--mode=<MODE>, -m <MODE>

install-help-mode

--owner=<OWNER>, -o <OWNER>

install-help-owner

--preserve-timestamps, -p

install-help-preserve-timestamps

--strip, -s

install-help-strip

--strip-program=<PROGRAM>

install-help-strip-program

--suffix=<SUFFIX>, -S <SUFFIX>

override the usual backup suffix

--target-directory=<DIRECTORY>, -t <DIRECTORY>

install-help-target-directory

--no-target-directory, -T

install-help-no-target-directory

--verbose, -v

install-help-verbose

--preserve-context, -P

install-help-preserve-context

--context=<CONTEXT>, -Z <CONTEXT>

install-help-context

Examples

Copy files to the destination:

install {{path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 ...}} {{path/to/destination}}

Copy files to the destination, setting their ownership:

install {{[-o|--owner]}} {{user}} {{path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 ...}} {{path/to/destination}}

Copy files to the destination, setting their group ownership:

install {{[-g|--group]}} {{user}} {{path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 ...}} {{path/to/destination}}

Copy files to the destination, setting their mode:

install {{[-m|--mode]}} {{+x}} {{path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 ...}} {{path/to/destination}}

Copy files and apply access/modification times of source to the destination:

install {{[-p|--preserve-timestamps]}} {{path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 ...}} {{path/to/destination}}

Copy files and create the directories at the destination if they don't exist:

install -D {{path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 ...}} {{path/to/destination}}

The examples are provided by the tldr-pages project under the CC BY 4.0 License.

Please note that, as uutils is a work in progress, some examples might fail.