Copy issues using vscode

Question

I downloaded a document “initializr”. I created a directory Git-Class on Desktop. I get into Git-Class and I’m trying to copy initializr from the Download directory to past it where I am in Git-Class using vscode on my Mac by running “ cp -r initializr /users/administrator/Downloads .” I keep getting the “No such file or directory and on the directory’s name and on the path’s name. However when I run the “ls” command in Git-Class it will show nothing and when I run the copy command again “ls” will show the “Downloads directory” instead of just “initializr” that I’m looking for and that’s in “Downloads”