4MANIPULATING FILES AND DIRECTORIES
At this point, we are ready for some real work! This chapter will introduce five of the most frequently used Linux commands. The following commands are used for manipulating both files and directories:
cp Copy files and directories
mv Move/rename files and directories
mkdir Create directories
rm Remove files and directories
ln Create hard and symbolic links
Now, to be frank, some of the tasks performed by these commands are more easily done with a graphical file manager. With a file manager, we can drag and drop a file from one directory to another, cut and paste files, delete files, and so on. So why use these ...
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