Is there a way to copy local files with curl, I need it to work as an alternative for cp command.
This is a bit strange, but I'm working on an environment where cp is not available.
You could say:
curl -o /path/to/destination file:///path/to/source/file
This would copy /path/to/source/file to /path/to/destination.
you can use rsync
rsync -avz /path/to/src/file /path/to/dst/dir
You can also use tar
cd /path/to/src/dir; tar -cpf - sourcefile | (cd /path/to/dest/dir; tar -xpf -)
if your tar support -C
cd /path/to/src/dir; tar -cpf - sourcefile | tar -xpf - -C /path/to/dest/dir