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(20) Managing Files

Files: Copying, Moving and Deleting

cp how_many not_enough: Copies the first file to the second file, does not remove the first file.
cp -r unix2 unix2copy: Copies an entire directory. Creates a new directory.
mv not_enough booty: Moves file "not_enough" to file "booty". If the destination name is on the same device as the source, this is just a rename (and so it is very fast). For diffferent devices, a mv is equivalent to a cp followed by rm
rm not_enough booty: Removes files "not_enough" and "booty". BEWARE of filenames with embedded spaces (see below).
Type in "which rm" (which tells you what command is being run, many times it will tell you the path) . Try rm -f on a file.

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