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| - | ====== Access A Shell Prompt And Issue Commands With Correct Syntax ====== | ||
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| - | **General Information** | ||
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| - | This objective centers around being able to correctly read man page syntax. | ||
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| - | ====== Reading Man Pages ====== | ||
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| - | **man ls, Synopsis section** | ||
| - | <code bash> | ||
| - | ls [OPTION]... [FILE]... | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | * ls - The command | ||
| - | * [OPTION] - items in brackets are optional | ||
| - | * ... - previous item can be repeated (so, you can have multiple OPTIONs) | ||
| - | * [FILE]... - optional target file/ | ||
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| - | **man mv, Synopsis section** | ||
| - | <code bash> | ||
| - | mv [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST | ||
| - | mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY | ||
| - | mv [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE... | ||
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| - | * 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) | ||
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