Le 01/05/2020 à 12:22, john doe a écrit : > the cp utility also provide the -v flag.
Yes, if you use the version shipped in the GNU coreutils package. But as this option is not specified by POSIX one can't be sure that it be available. I also try to avoid the GNU extensions of grep, sed, and also the bashisms, at least in published scripts, but I digress <smile> Didier