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| **General Information** | **General Information** | ||
| - | About this page/how-to/ | + | Basic file/directory manipulation. |
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| + | |||
| + | ===== Creating ===== | ||
| Create new file " | Create new file " | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| + | \\ | ||
| Create three files | Create three files | ||
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| + | \\ | ||
| Create new directory | Create new directory | ||
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| - | Rename file or directory | + | \\ |
| - | <code bash> | + | |
| - | mv dir1 newdir | + | |
| - | </ | + | |
| - | * Renames " | + | |
| Create new directory tree | Create new directory tree | ||
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
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| * -p => Make parent directories if needed | * -p => Make parent directories if needed | ||
| + | \\ | ||
| View directory structure in tree outline | View directory structure in tree outline | ||
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
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| ├── otherdir | ├── otherdir | ||
| </ | </ | ||
| + | |||
| + | ---- | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Renaming ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | Rename file or directory | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | mv dir1 newdir | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | * Renames " | ||
| + | |||
| + | ---- | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Removing ===== | ||
| Remove empty directory | Remove empty directory | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| + | \\ | ||
| Remove directory recursively | Remove directory recursively | ||
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
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| * -r => recursively | * -r => recursively | ||
| * -f => force, do not prompt for confirmation | * -f => force, do not prompt for confirmation | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Copying ===== | ||
| Copy file2 into dir2 | Copy file2 into dir2 | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| + | \\ | ||
| Copy directory dir2 and its contents into newdir | Copy directory dir2 and its contents into newdir | ||
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| * -r => recursively | * -r => recursively | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | ===== Moving ===== | ||
| Move file1 into dir1 | Move file1 into dir1 | ||