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How can preserve timestamps of a file while copying

  1. bydeflut it preserves

  2. cp -in

  3. cp -p

  4. cp -t
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Explanation

The 'cp -p' command preserves file attributes including timestamps when copying files. The -p flag explicitly tells cp to maintain the modification time, access time, file modes, and other attributes. By default, cp updates timestamps to the current time, so -p is required to preserve the original file's timestamps.

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