How do I make cp give an error if a file doesn't exist

Question

When i type command

cp notExistsFile.txt ~/Desktop/

its gives an error: "cp: cannot stat `notExistsFile.txt': No such file or directory"

is "cp command" have any option such that if file doesn not exits it wont give any error , it just skip it.

i am performing this from shell script

Keith Thompson · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-08 06:53:04Z

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You can always redirect the standard error to /dev/null

cp notExistsFile.txt ~/Desktop/ 2>/dev/null

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