move directory logs1 to directory logs2.What if we want to move one directory to another directory? (Dot) represents the current working directory To check whether the file has been moved to the destination directory we used the command ls. In the above example, we used the command mv file2.txt logs1 where We can simply use the mv command along with the source and destination. The mv command stands for move is used to move files and directories in Linux System. Now let's have a look at how to move files/directories. These are the ways we can copy files/directories. Logs1 represents the destination directory logs1 In the above example, we used the commands cp file1.txt file2.txt logs1 whereįile1.txt represents the source file file1.txtįile2.txt represents the source file file2.txt We can simply use the cp command along with all the sources and the destination. The cp command syntax for multiple files and directories Now we know how we can copy a single file/directory but what about multiple files and directories. In the above example, we used the option -r and created a command cp -r logs1 logs2 where If the folder does not exist then the folder should be created and then contents should be copied. Unlike the case of when we copy a file we need destination directory to exist when we use cp command. Logs2 represents the destination directory Logs1/* represents all the contents of the directory logs1 In the above example, we used wildcard * and created the command cp logs1/* logs2 where copy contents of one directory to another.Okay so now we know how to copy files but what if we need to copy all the contents from directory1 to directory2? In the above example, we use the command cp -i file1.txt file2.txt to copy file1.txt to file2.txt and we used to option -i to make it interactive and provide us a prompt if file2.txt is being overridden. copy file1.txt to file2.txt and prompt if file2.txt is being overridden.Okay but can we do something to check when the file is being overridden? If file2.txt does not exist, it is created. If file2.txt exists, it is overwritten with the contents of file1. In the above example, we used the command cp file1.txt file2.txt whereįile1.txt represents the source file "file1.txt"įile2.txt represents the destination file "file2.txt" We can simply use the cp command along with the source and destination. The cp command stands for copy is used to copy files and directories in Linux System. Let's start with how can we copy files and directories Now let us look at how we can copy, move, and rename these files and directories. In this case we have to use -i like below.Till now we have seen how to explore the Linux System, the meaning and use of wildcards, and create and delete files and directories in Linux System. If we do not want to write existing file forcibly we can confirm for each file rename. $ mv -f backup old_backup Prompt For Confirmation Before Overwriting We can overwrite existing files and folder with -f option automatically. But this can be daunting task if there is a lot of them. In some cases there may be existing folder or directory with the new name. $ mv -v backup old_backup Verbose Overwrite Forcibly If Exists This will be helpful for recursive option. Verbose mode will print every move or rename. While renaming or moving files and folders we may need to get verbose information. In this example we will rename directory named backup into old_backup . This will only change given directory or folder name but move all sub files and folder. Syntax is like below. If the source or current directory folder have content we need to rename by using recursive move. We can simply rename by providing the current directory and folder name and destination directory or folder name. The defacto command for rename directories and folders is mv . In this tutorial we will look how to rename and move directories and folders in Linux. Or the destination may have all ready same name folder which will create some error. Renaming or moving directories and folder can be tricky if those directories and folders have some subfolders.
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