cli/docs/reference/commandline/cp.md

docker cp

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 symbol link in SRC_PATH
-q, --quiet	bool		Suppress progress output during copy. Progress output is automatically suppressed if no terminal is attached