Option ‘r’ with the copy command can be used to copy a directory including all its content from a source directory to the destination directory.

What does r command do?

In RStudio, this command line interaction occurs in the command console. R is an interpreted programming language. This means that R will interpret each line of code as it is entered and, if it is valid, R will execute it, returning the result in the command console.

What is r in bash?

Bash thinks the r character is just an ordinary character at the end of the string. (Characters that follow a double quoted string are just concatenated onto the end.)