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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" @(#)cp.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd September 4, 2012
+.Dd March 15, 2013
.Dt CP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -251,6 +251,27 @@ signal, the current input and output file and the percentage complete
will be written to the standard output.
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Make a copy of file
+.Pa foo
+named
+.Pa bar :
+.Pp
+.Dl $ cp foo bar
+.Pp
+Copy a group of files to the
+.Pa /tmp
+directory:
+.Pp
+.Dl $ cp *.txt /tmp
+.Pp
+Copy the directory
+.Pa junk
+and all of its contents (including any subdirectories) to the
+.Pa /tmp
+directory:
+.Pp
+.Dl $ cp -R junk /tmp
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
Historic versions of the
.Nm
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