I'm trying to write a script and i need to use the copy (cp) to move some directories and I want this to be done without promting to override
I want to override the same names (files and dirs) with the new ones (updated)

But I didn't get it from the help

Can you tell me Please How to use cp with always saying "Y"

Maybe the question would seem stupid but ....I am

Have you checked the man pages ? I believe there is a force flag you can use which should copy without prompting.

cp -f [/source] [/destination]

Ok I tried it
but dosn't work as I wish, it asks again for "y" ...

sample: # cp -fv -R /home/mike/test/* /home/mike/rute/

That is what I want to do
Where is my mistake ?

I rute I already have the test and its subfolders

What about "yes".

Also, maybe there is a "quiet" option? Check the man page for flags on such options. I'm leaning towards removing the -v option though, as this will act a bit against you.

Cool

Ya know what, post up your .bashrc file. I am wondering if your distro "automatically" creates aliases for cp to force an interactive option.

The -f should have worked.

I didn't find any "quiet" option so that's whay I'm asking here
or maybe I don't understand exactly the man ...

The -v is not the problem

Yeah, I don't see it either. I'm reading over some man pages, only mv seems to talk about supressing prompting.

Does, "yes" not do the job good enough either?

Cool

Here is the bashrc - root

# /etc/bashrc

# System wide functions and aliases
# Environment stuff goes in /etc/profile

# by default, we want this to get set.
# Even for non-interactive, non-login shells.
if [ "`id -gn`" = "`id -un`" -a `id -u` -gt 99 ]; then
umask 002
else
umask 022
fi

# are we an interactive shell?
if [ "$PS1" ]; then
if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ]; then
if [ "x`tput kbs`" != "x" ]; then # We can't do this with "dumb" terminal
stty erase `tput kbs`
elif [ -x /usr/bin/wc ]; then
if [ "`tput kbs|wc -c `" -gt 0 ]; then # We can't do this with "dumb" terminal
stty erase `tput kbs`
fi
fi
fi
case $TERM in
xterm*)
if [ -e /etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-xterm ]; then
PROMPT_COMMAND=/etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-xterm
else
PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME%%.*}:${PWD/$HOME/~}\007"'
fi
;;
screen)
PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033_${USER}@${HOSTNAME%%.*}:${PWD/$HOME/~}\033\\"'
;;
*)
[ -e /etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-default ] && PROMPT_COMMAND=/etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-default
;;
esac
[ "$PS1" = "\\s-\\v\\\$ " ] && PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ "

if [ "x$SHLVL" != "x1" ]; then # We're not a login shell
for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do
if [ -r "$i" ]; then
. $i
fi
done
fi
fi
# vim:ts=4:sw=4

What does:
/etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-default
look like then?

Also, have you given "yes" a try yet? yes prints a 'y' basically accepting everything for you. Sounds like it might be what you want...

Cool

Where exactly shall I put this "yes" ?

Where are you typing the command? (not at home, and not on linux... these are just educated guesses):

If it's just a one time thing:
cp -a /path/to/files /path/to/new/files &&
yes

I would think would work just fine? Maybe a pipe is necessary:
cp -a /path/to/files /path/to/new/files | yes

Cool

Here is sn example :
cp -R -f /home/trifon/InterBase/* /home/trifon/rute/ && yes

and again it asks me for y or n

Try the pipe.

cp -aRf /home/trifon/InterBase /home/trifon/rute | yes

Cool

again nothing :

y
y
y..................

Shootin in the dark now, how about:
yes | cp -aRf /bla /bla

A reverse pipe?

What's in:
/etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-default