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-====== Create Delete Copy And Move Files And Directories ======
-**General Information**
-About this page/how-to/script.
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-Create new file "file1"
-<code bash>
-touch file1
-</code>
-Create three files
-<code bash>
-touch {file1,file2,file3}
-</code>
-Create new directory
-<code bash>
-mkdir dir1
-</code>
-Rename file or directory
-<code bash>
-mv dir1 newdir
-</code>
-  * Renames "dir1" to "newdir"
-Create new directory tree
-<code bash>
-mkdir -p newdir/dir1/dir2/dir3
-</code>
-  * Creates newdir, dir1, dir2, and dir3 in that structure
-  * -p => Make parent directories if needed
-View directory structure in tree outline
-<code bash>
-~$ tree
-.
-├── anaconda-ks.cfg
-├── file1
-├── newdir
-│   └── dir1
-│       └── dir2
-│           └── dir3
-├── newfile
-├── otherdir
-</code>
-Remove empty directory
-<code bash>
-rmdir dir1
-</code>
-Remove directory recursively
-<code bash>
-rm -rf dir1
-</code>
-  * -r => recursively
-  * -f => force, do not prompt for confirmation
-Copy file2 into dir2
-<code bash>
-cp file2 dir2/
-</code>
-Copy directory dir2 and its contents into newdir
-<code bash>
-cp -r dir2 /home/newdir/
-</code>
-  * -r => recursively
-Move file1 into dir1
-<code bash>
-mv file1 dir1/
-</code>
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