Find the mistake in this command sequence: touch report.txt; cp report.txt /backup/reports/ when /backup/reports/ is a file, not a directory.

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Linux CLI - File and Directory Operations

Find the mistake in this command sequence: touch report.txt; cp report.txt /backup/reports/ when /backup/reports/ is a file, not a directory.

Acp will create a directory named reports

Bcp will overwrite the file /backup/reports/ with report.txt

Ccp will rename report.txt to reports

Dcp will fail because /backup/reports/ is not a directory

Step-by-Step Solution

Solution:

Step 1: Understand cp behavior with trailing /
cp to a path ending in / expects the destination to be a directory.
Step 2: /backup/reports/ is a file, not directory
cp will fail because it cannot copy into a non-directory.
Final Answer:
cp will fail because /backup/reports/ is not a directory -> Option D
Quick Check:
cp to file-with-/ destination = C [OK]

Quick Trick: Check if destination is file or directory before cp [OK]

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