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# docker cp
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Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem
Use '-' as the source to read a tar archive from stdin
and extract it to a directory destination in a container.
Use '-' as the destination to stream a tar archive of a
container source to stdout.
### Aliases
`docker container cp`, `docker cp`
### Options
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|:----------------------|:-------|:--------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `-a`, `--archive` | `bool` | | Archive mode (copy all uid/gid information) |
| `-L`, `--follow-link` | `bool` | | Always follow symlinks in SRC_PATH |
| `-q`, `--quiet` | `bool` | | Suppress progress output during copy. Progress output is automatically suppressed if no terminal is attached |
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