Yes, but the commands are normally interpreted differently in English. For example, 'cp A B' is copy from A to B that is, copying source A to destination B. But 'ln A B' could easily be interpreted as link A to B or make A a link to B where it is really making B a link to A. At least, that's why I sometimes forget the order.

I think this is because 'to copy' is a transitive verb and 'to link' is instransitive, in the sense they are used here...?