Merge pull request #28701 from rajeshdeshpande02/add-cp-command

Adding kubectl cp command examples in the cheat sheet

Author: k8s-ci-robot

content/en/docs/reference/kubectl/cheatsheet.md

@@ -323,6 +323,24 @@ kubectl exec my-pod -c my-container -- ls /         # Run command in existing po
 kubectl top pod POD_NAME --containers               # Show metrics for a given pod and its containers
 kubectl top pod POD_NAME --sort-by=cpu              # Show metrics for a given pod and sort it by 'cpu' or 'memory'
 ```
+## Copy files and directories to and from containers
+
+```bash
+kubectl cp /tmp/foo_dir my-pod:/tmp/bar_dir            # Copy /tmp/foo_dir local directory to /tmp/bar_dir in a remote pod in the current namespace
+kubectl cp /tmp/foo my-pod:/tmp/bar -c my-container    # Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in a specific container
+kubectl cp /tmp/foo my-namespace/my-pod:/tmp/bar       # Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in namespace my-namespace
+kubectl cp my-namespace/my-pod:/tmp/foo /tmp/bar       # Copy /tmp/foo from a remote pod to /tmp/bar locally
+```
+{{< note >}}
+`kubectl cp` requires that the 'tar' binary is present in your container image. If 'tar' is not present,`kubectl cp` will fail.
+For advanced use cases, such as symlinks, wildcard expansion or file mode preservation consider using `kubectl exec`.
+{{< /note >}}
+
+```bash
+tar cf - /tmp/foo | kubectl exec -i -n my-namespace my-pod -- tar xf - -C /tmp/bar           # Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in namespace my-namespace
+kubectl exec -n my-namespace my-pod -- tar cf - /tmp/foo | tar xf - -C /tmp/bar    # Copy /tmp/foo from a remote pod to /tmp/bar locally
+```
+
 
 ## Interacting with Deployments and Services
 ```bash