Linux - Commands Part 4 Remove , Move & Copy

Remove File & Folder

root@localhost ~]# rm abc

rm: remove regular empty file ‘abc’? Yes

root@localhost ~]# rm Folder1

rm: cannot remove ‘Folder1’: Is a directory

use "-r" to remove directory

root@localhost ~]# rm -r Folder1

rm: remove directory ‘heyRam1’? Yes

To remove forcefully directory use "-f"

root@localhost ~]# rm -rf test/

use argument "v" to print

root@localhost ~]# rm -vr "mukesh monu"

rm: remove directory ‘mukesh monu’? y

removed directory: ‘mukesh monu’

To remove all data of particular folder

root@localhost ~]# rm -vrf /tmp *

removed ‘/tmp/yum.log’

removed ‘/tmp/.X11-unix/X0’

removed directory: ‘/tmp/.X11-unix’

removed directory: ‘/tmp/.XIM-unix’

root@localhost ~]# mkdir India

[root@localhost ~]# ls

India

[root@localhost ~]# rename India Udaipur India

[root@localhost ~]# ls

Udaipur

Create multiple empty files with single command

root@localhost ~]# touch abc{1..9}

[root@localhost ~]# ls

abc1 abc2 abc3 abc4 abc5 abc6 abc7 abc8 abc9

Copy File "file1" to folder Udaipur

[root@localhost ~]# cp file1.txt Udaipur/

Copy folder to folder requires "-r"

[root@localhost ~]# cp -r Folder1 Folder2

If files are already present in folder then it will ask if you want to overide

root@localhost ~]# cp -rvf abc* India/

cp: overwrite ‘India/abc1’? Y

Now to say "Not" to overwrite add argument"n" in commad

root@localhost ~]# cp -rvfn abc* India

Move Data

root@localhost ~]# mv abc1 India/

mv: overwrite ‘India/abc1’? Y