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Copying and Renaming Files
In Linux, working with files is a daily operation. Whether you are a system administrator, a developer or a regular user, there are tasks where you need to copy, rename, or perform similar actions with files and directories.
To copy files, we utilize the cp command. It stands for “copy” and operates on two primary arguments: the file you want to copy and the location where you want it copied. For instance:
cp /path/to/original/file /path/to/copied/file
On the other hand, to rename or move files, we use the mv command. The mv command stands for “move”. Similar to the cp command, it operates on two arguments being the file you want to rename or move and the file or directory you want to rename or move it to. This would look something like:
mv /path/to/original/file /path/to/new/fileRemember that Linux commands are case sensitive so make sure to enter the commands exactly as they are.