Managing Files Using Command-Line Tools

 

Activity	Single Source	Multiple Source
Copy File	cp File-1 File-2	cp File-1 File-2 File-3 Directory
Move File	mv File-1 File-2	mv File-1 File-2 File-3 Directory
Remove File	rm File-1	rm -f File-1 File-2 File-3
Create Directory	mkdir Directory	mkdir -p Directory-1/Directory-2/Directory
Copy Directory	cp -r Directory-1 Directory-2	cp -r Directory-1 Directory-2 Directory-3 Dircetory
Move Directory	mv Directory-1 Directory-2	mv Directory-1 Directory-2 Directory-3 Dircetory
Remove Directory	rm -r Directroy-1	rm -rf Directory- Directory-2 Directory
Remove Empty Directory	rmdir Directory-1	rmdir -p Directory-1/Directory-2/Directory

Create Directories:-

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The mkdir command creates one or more directories or subdirectories, generating errors if the  file name already exists or when attempting to create a directory in a parent directory that doesn't

exist. The -p parent option creates missing parent directories for the requested destination. Be cautious when using mkdir -p, since accidental spelling mistakes create unintended directories

without generating error messages.

[root@localhost ~]# mkdir Desktop/Bharat/Abhishek

mkdir: cannot create directory ‘Desktop/Bharat/Abhishek’: No such file or directory

Note:- "The mkdir failed because the directory Bharat does not exist. If the user had used mkdir with the -p option, there would be no error and the user would end up with directories, Bharat, and the Watched subdirectory would be created in the wrong place." 

[root@localhost ~]# mkdir -p Desktop/Bharat/Abhishek

[root@localhost ~]# ll Desktop/Bharat/

total 0

drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Mar  2 03:37 Abhishek

[root@localhost ~]# mkdir -p Downloads/Abhishek/Pathak Downloads/Bharat/Delhi

[root@localhost ~]# ll Downloads/Abhishek/

total 0

drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Mar  2 03:43 Pathak

[root@localhost ~]# ll Downloads/Bharat/

total 0

drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Mar  2 03:43 Delhi

Create Blank File:-

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"touch" command is used to create a file without any content. The file created using the touch command is empty. This command can be used when the user doesn’t have data to store at the time of file creation.

[root@localhost ~]# touch Ayodhya_{1..5}.txt

[root@localhost ~]# ll

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    0 Mar  2 03:55 Ayodhya_1.txt

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    0 Mar  2 03:55 Ayodhya_2.txt

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    0 Mar  2 03:55 Ayodhya_3.txt

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    0 Mar  2 03:55 Ayodhya_4.txt

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    0 Mar  2 03:55 Ayodhya_5.txt

You can define the specific locatin also to create blank file

[root@localhost ~]# touch Videos/Abhishek_{1..5}.Mp3

[root@localhost ~]# ll Videos/

total 0

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Mar  2 03:56 Abhishek_1.Mp3

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Mar  2 03:56 Abhishek_2.Mp3

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Mar  2 03:56 Abhishek_3.Mp3

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Mar  2 03:56 Abhishek_4.Mp3

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Mar  2 03:56 Abhishek_5.Mp3