How to avoid 'are the same file' warning message when using cp in Linux?

linux bash copy cp

The problem is that you try to copy a file to itself. You can avoid it by excluding the destination directory from the results of the find command like this:

find "$HOME" -name '*.txt' -type f -not -path "$HOME/newdir/*" -print0 | xargs -0 cp -t "$HOME/newdir"

linux bash copy cp

try using install instead, this replaces by removing the file first.

install -v target/release/dynnsd-client target/removed 'target/dynnsd-client''target/release/dynnsd-client' -> 'target/dynnsd-client'

and then remove the source files

linux bash copy cp

Make it unique in the process. But this require sorting

find "$HOME" -name '*.txt' -type f -print0 | sort -zu | xargs -0 cp -t "$HOME/newdir"

Or if it's not about the generated files, try to use the -u option of cp.

find "$HOME" -name '*.txt' -type f -print0 | xargs -0 cp -ut "$HOME/newdir"

-u   copy only when the SOURCE file is newer than the destination file or when     the destination file is missing

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How to avoid 'are the same file' warning message when using cp in Linux?

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