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HTML
<input type="button" id="copy" value=" copy "/>
<div id="content">
<span>here's a span</span>
<div>and a div</div>
</div>
<div id="copy">
asdf
</div>
JavaScript
$(function() {
$('#copy').click(function(){
var content = $('#content').html();
var newdiv = $("#copy");
newdiv.html(content);
$('#content').after(newdiv);
});
});