Commands: CP and MV
Unix/Linux Command CP • CP is the command used in Unix and Linux to copy your files or directories.
(http://www.rapidtables.com/code/linux/cp.htm)
Examples of the CP command: • cp -‐u *.txt newdir
• Copies any file with the extension “.txt” to the directory “newdir” if the files do not already exist, or are newer than the files currently in the directory. The option “-‐u” means “update,” so this is why it will only copy the files this way.
• cp file1.txt newdir
• Copies the file “file1.txt” from the currently selected directory to the “newdir” directory
Unix/Linux Command MV • MV is the command used in Unix and Linux to move or rename files or directories.
(http://www.rapidtables.com/code/linux/mv.htm)
Examples of the MV command: • mv file1.txt newdir
• Moves the file “file1.txt” to the directory “newdir”
• mv myfile subdir/myfile2 • Moves the file “myfile” to the sub-‐directory named “myfile2”
• mv bak bak2 • Rename the directory “bak” to “bak2”
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