http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/archive/doc/unix/unixhelp/Unixhelp/tasks_copy4.html (Einblicke ins Internet, 10/1995)To copy a file from another directory to your current directory give the pathname to the source file followed by the name of the destination file.
cp path_to_source_file destination
For the destination file to have the same name as the source file use:
cp path_to_source_file .
The . (dot) is shorthand for the current working directory.