install

Copy files and set attributes. Copy files (often executable) to a system location like /usr/local/bin, give them the appropriate permissions/ownership. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/install-invocation.html.

• Copy files to the destination:

install path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 … path/to/destination

• Copy files to the destination, setting their ownership:

install --owner user path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 … path/to/destination

• Copy files to the destination, setting their group ownership:

install --group user path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 … path/to/destination

• Copy files to the destination, setting their mode:

install --mode +x path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 … path/to/destination

• Copy files and apply access/modification times of source to the destination:

install --preserve-timestamps path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 … path/to/destination

• Copy files and create the directories at the destination if they don't exist:

install -D path/to/source_file1 path/to/source_file2 … path/to/destination