Practical Linux Security Cookbook - Second Edition

How it works...

Let's take a look at how to use the mv command by taking different examples:

1. To move testfile1.txt from the current directory to any other directory, such as - home/practical/example, the command will be as follows:

    mv testfile1.txt /home/practical/example

This command will work only when the location of the source file is different from the destination location.

When we move the file using the preceding command, the file will get deleted from the original location.

2. To move multiple files using a single command, we can use this command:

mv testfile2.txt testfile3.txt testfile4.txt /home/practical/example

When using the ...