Lets move a file to a subdirectory. 1. Create a new directory, MoveFilesHere. $ mkdir MoveFilesHere. 2. Create a new blank file using the touch command.

If you only want to move the contents of a folder, and not the whole folder, to another directory then use ‘*’ option. Let’s say we want to copy all files saved in the ‘stories; directory ...

For file and folder management, that number dwindles. I've already listed what I believe are the 5 Linux commands every user should learn , all of which are also related to file and folder management.

The cp command, which stands for copy, is used to create a copy of a file/directory. To create a copy of john_file and call our copy copy_of_john_file we will use the cp command. The cp command will ...