diff --git a/chapter05/fileutils-exp.xml b/chapter05/fileutils-exp.xml
index 8f77ba49c..2a117d4e4 100644
--- a/chapter05/fileutils-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter05/fileutils-exp.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
run this command in order to keep a backup of the file we are about to
change.
-cp -f lib/Makefile.in lib/Makefile.in.backup &&
+cp lib/Makefile.in lib/Makefile.in.backup &&
sed -e 's/\(.*\)\(fopen-safer\.c \)\\/\1\2atexit.c \\/' \
-e 's/\(.*\)\(idcache\$U\.\$.*\)\\/\1\2atexit$U.$(OBJEXT) \\/' \
lib/Makefile.in > lib/Makefile.in~ &&
diff --git a/chapter05/fileutils-inst.xml b/chapter05/fileutils-inst.xml
index 2dca914a6..39b07067d 100644
--- a/chapter05/fileutils-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/fileutils-inst.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ limited to, Linux systems that run Glibc-2.2.3 with an AMD CPU (Athlons
and Durons are the most reported used CPU's). If you are in this category,
run the following to sed commands before you compile this package.
-cp -f lib/Makefile.in lib/Makefile.in.backup &&
+cp lib/Makefile.in lib/Makefile.in.backup &&
sed -e 's/\(.*\)\(fopen-safer\.c \)\\/\1\2atexit.c \\/' \
-e 's/\(.*\)\(idcache\$U\.\$.*\)\\/\1\2atexit$U.$(OBJEXT) \\/' \
lib/Makefile.in > lib/Makefile.in~ &&
diff --git a/chapter05/gzip-inst.xml b/chapter05/gzip-inst.xml
index 478d68caa..20f227158 100644
--- a/chapter05/gzip-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/gzip-inst.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ unpacked.
./configure --prefix=$LFS/usr &&
make LDFLAGS=-static &&
make install &&
-cp -f $LFS/usr/bin/gunzip $LFS/usr/bin/gzip $LFS/bin &&
+cp $LFS/usr/bin/gunzip $LFS/usr/bin/gzip $LFS/bin &&
rm -f $LFS/usr/bin/gunzip $LFS/usr/bin/gzip
diff --git a/chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml b/chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml
index 4e6ca8e03..9c2f003d0 100644
--- a/chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
make -f Makefile-libbz2_so &&
make bzip2recover libbz2.a &&
-cp -f bzip2-shared /bin/bzip2 &&
-cp -f bzip2recover /bin &&
-cp -f bzip2.1 /usr/share/man/man1 &&
-cp -f bzlib.h /usr/include &&
-cp -af libbz2.so* /lib &&
-rm -f /usr/lib/libbz2.a &&
-cp -f libbz2.a /usr/lib &&
+cp bzip2-shared /bin/bzip2 &&
+cp bzip2recover /bin &&
+cp bzip2.1 /usr/share/man/man1 &&
+cp bzlib.h /usr/include &&
+cp -a libbz2.so* /lib &&
+rm /usr/lib/libbz2.a &&
+cp libbz2.a /usr/lib &&
cd /usr/lib &&
ln -sf ../../lib/libbz2.so &&
cd /bin &&
diff --git a/chapter06/file-inst.xml b/chapter06/file-inst.xml
index 9602cfd04..c1424dc4e 100644
--- a/chapter06/file-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/file-inst.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ break is placed exactly where it is in the book. Don't try and put it
all on one line otherwise it won't work. Install File by running the
following commands:
-cp -f readelf.h readelf.h.backup &&
+cp readelf.h readelf.h.backup &&
sed '/#define __/a \
#include <stdint.h>' readelf.h.backup > readelf.h &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --datadir=/usr/share/misc &&
diff --git a/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml b/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml
index d6713c964..9a1029eba 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ would do.
mknod -m 0666 /dev/null c 1 3 &&
touch /etc/ld.so.conf &&
-cp -f malloc/Makefile malloc/Makefile.backup &&
+cp malloc/Makefile malloc/Makefile.backup &&
sed 's%\$(PERL)%/usr/bin/perl%' malloc/Makefile > tmp~ &&
mv -f tmp~ malloc/Makefile &&
-cp -f login/Makefile login/Makefile.backup &&
+cp login/Makefile login/Makefile.backup &&
sed 's/root/0/' login/Makefile > tmp~ &&
mv -f tmp~ login/Makefile &&
mkdir ../glibc-build &&
cd ../glibc-build &&
../glibc-&glibc-version;/configure --prefix=/usr \
--enable-add-ons --libexecdir=/usr &&
-cp -f config.make config.make.backup &&
+cp config.make config.make.backup &&
sed 's/cross-compiling = yes/cross-compiling = no/' \
config.make > tmp~ &&
mv -f tmp~ config.make &&
diff --git a/chapter06/netkitbase-inst.xml b/chapter06/netkitbase-inst.xml
index 36f546600..c4cc5d3ce 100644
--- a/chapter06/netkitbase-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/netkitbase-inst.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
make &&
make install &&
cd etc.sample &&
-cp -f services protocols /etc
+cp services protocols /etc
There are other files in the etc.sample directory which might be of
diff --git a/chapter06/shadowpwd-exp.xml b/chapter06/shadowpwd-exp.xml
index 97d4497d7..c861d071f 100644
--- a/chapter06/shadowpwd-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter06/shadowpwd-exp.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
compilation bug which occurs due to a variable (nflg), being used but not
defined.
-cp -f limits login.access and others: These files
+cp limits login.access and others: These files
were not installed during the installation of the package so we copy
them manually as those files are used to configure authentication
details on the system.
diff --git a/chapter06/shadowpwd-inst.xml b/chapter06/shadowpwd-inst.xml
index 8f6c1f529..9ce63bbbd 100644
--- a/chapter06/shadowpwd-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/shadowpwd-inst.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ following commands:
make &&
make install &&
cd etc &&
-cp -f limits login.access /etc &&
+cp limits login.access /etc &&
sed 's%/var/spool/mail%/var/mail%' login.defs.linux > /etc/login.defs
cd /lib &&
mv libshadow.a /usr/lib &&
diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml
index 5682b23ce..93616833d 100644
--- a/chapter08/kernel.xml
+++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ make menuconfig.
make bzImage &&
make modules &&
make modules_install &&
-cp -f arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/lfskernel &&
-cp -f System.map /boot
+cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/lfskernel &&
+cp System.map /boot
Note: the arch/i386/boot/bzImage path may vary on
different platforms.
diff --git a/chapter08/lilo.xml b/chapter08/lilo.xml
index d49e6a051..1c57dada6 100644
--- a/chapter08/lilo.xml
+++ b/chapter08/lilo.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ the host system or the LFS system).
system:
logout
-cp -f $LFS/boot/lfskernel /boot
+cp $LFS/boot/lfskernel /boot
The next step is adding an entry to /etc/lilo.conf so that we can
choose LFS when booting the computer:
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ the line read-only should be changed to
The last step is syncing the host system lilo config. files with the
LFS system:
-cp -f /etc/lilo.conf $LFS/etc &&
-cp -f <kernel images> $LFS/boot
+cp /etc/lilo.conf $LFS/etc &&
+cp <kernel images> $LFS/boot
To find out which kernel images files are being used, look at the
/etc/lilo.conf file and find the lines starting with