Access A Shell Prompt And Issue Commands With Correct Syntax

General Information

This objective centers around being able to correctly read man page syntax. This is an essential skill as you will need reminders of commands and their options on the exam and in the real world.

Reading Man Pages

man ls, Synopsis section

ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...

ls - The command
[OPTION] - items in brackets are optional
… - previous item can be repeated (so, you can have multiple OPTIONs)
[FILE]… - optional target file/directory, can be multiple

man mv, Synopsis section

mv [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST
mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
mv [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...

Three different ways to use the mv command
mv SOURCE DEST (1 source, any destination or rename a file)
mv SOURCE… DIRECTORY (move multiple source files, dest must be directory)
mv -t DIRECTORY SOURCE… (move all SOURCE argument(s) into the target (-t) directory)