You can use cp –remove-destination option to remove each existing destination file before attempting to copy it (contrast with –force which forcefully overwrites the destination file)
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mkdir mydir ## create some files and directories touch myfile mydir/myfile chmod 444 mydir/myfile cp myfile mydir ## error, Permission denied cp --remove-destination myfile mydir ## Successfull rm -r my* |