# Description
This PR addresses issue with cp brough up on
[discord](https://discord.com/channels/601130461678272522/614593951969574961/1177669443917189130)
where target of cp is not correctly expanded.
If one has directory `test` with file `file.txt` in it then the
following command (in one line or inside a `do` block):
```nu
cd test; let file = 'copy.txt'; cp file.txt $file
```
will create a `copy.txt` in `.` not in `test` instead. This happens
because target of `cp` is a variable which is not expanded unlike a
string literal
# User-Facing Changes
`cp` will correctly parse realative target paths
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