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Variadic docker cp command #50463
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Hi everyone,
Thank you for your work around Moby !
I would like to suggest you an improvement for the docker cp command :
In fact, to copy multiple files, we have to run successively multiple times the docker cp command, because it takes only 2 arguments.
The idea of this feature request is to have a variadic docker cp that can take multiple files, and place them in a container in a specific path.
For example, docker cp toto titi tutu my_awesome_container:/root/ will copy toto, titi and tutu under /root/ of the my_awesome_container, like the behavior of the Linux's cp command.
Best regards,
Reacted by Shaun Thompson
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alexandredoyen29 commentedon Jul 21, 2025
In addition, by design, this will permit to use bash jokers to copy multiple files :
docker cp t*=>docker cp toto titi tutu=>root@my_awesome_container# ls=>toto titi tutu.jasonoh11 commentedon Nov 11, 2025
Hello, I'm interested in contributing and would like to work on this feature if it's available.
My classmate Ian Kim and I are CS students at the University of Texas, currently taking a virtualization course that includes an open-source contribution component.
We proposed this issue to our professor, and he approved it as a suitable contribution. Could you confirm whether this is something the team is interested in moving forward with? If so, could it be assigned to me?
Thanks!
thompson-shaun commentedon Nov 12, 2025
Thanks for your interest @jasonoh11! Let's see what some of the team thinks :)
@vvoland @thaJeztah
jasonoh11 commentedon Nov 13, 2025
Thanks, any updates on this?
jasonoh11 commentedon Nov 24, 2025
We've begun researching some of the code for this issue, is this something the maintainers are interested in pursuing? Just checking before we fully dive in, thanks!