How to copy and paste folders in Linux, using the terminal?

Question

How to copy and paste folders in Linux, using the terminal?

Answer 1

cp –r ‘folder name’ ‘destination name’

if only cp is used without –r it will code a file

-r       Recursive. cp copies  the  directory  and  all  its

              files, including any subdirectories and their files

              to target.

Answer 2

in the terminal you will need to use a command line like "cp -r", as the other answer suggests.

if yoiu really want to copy-n-paste, use nautilus, which you can launch from the term by typing "nautilus"