Viewing and Changing the File System
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cp Copy
The shell command cp is used to copy files or directories.
The basic argument structure is cp source destination, where the source is the file/directory to copy to the destination file/directory.
$ cp file1 file1_copy$ cp file1 file2 destination_folder
Command Options
Options can be used to modify the behavior of shell commands. Shell command options are commonly represented by a single letter preceded by a -. For example, -l, -a, and -d could all be options that follow a shell command.
mv Move
The shell command mv is used to move a file into a directory. Use mv with the source file as the first argument and the destination directory as the second argument.
$ mv index.html website/
rm Remove
The shell command rm is used to delete files and directories. The -r flag deletes a directory and all of its files and directories (rm -r).
$ rm -r bad_selfies
ls List Command Options
The shell command ls is used to list the contents in a directory. It can be combined with the following command options:
-a: lists all contents, including hidden files and directories.-l: lists all contents, in long format.-t: lists all contents, by the time they were last modified.
$ ls -a$ ls -l$ ls -t
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