You can use cp -f or –force option to forcefully copy and replace the destination file if the destination file cannot be opened (redundant if the -n option is used).
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mkdir mydir ## create some files and directories touch myfile mydir/myfile chmod 444 mydir/myfile ## change the file permission cp myfile mydir ## error, Permission denied cp -f myfile mydir ## successfull rm -r my* |