github.com/khulnasoft/cli@v0.0.0-20240402070845-01bcad7beefa/docs/reference/commandline/cp.md (about) 1 # docker cp 2 3 <!---MARKER_GEN_START--> 4 Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem 5 6 Use '-' as the source to read a tar archive from stdin 7 and extract it to a directory destination in a container. 8 Use '-' as the destination to stream a tar archive of a 9 container source to stdout. 10 11 ### Aliases 12 13 `docker container cp`, `docker cp` 14 15 ### Options 16 17 | Name | Type | Default | Description | 18 |:----------------------|:-----|:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 19 | `-a`, `--archive` | | | Archive mode (copy all uid/gid information) | 20 | `-L`, `--follow-link` | | | Always follow symbol link in SRC_PATH | 21 | `-q`, `--quiet` | | | Suppress progress output during copy. Progress output is automatically suppressed if no terminal is attached | 22 23 24 <!---MARKER_GEN_END--> 25