linux command part-2
Linux Session 2
================= 1. touch command is to create an empty file. touch file1 you can change the timestamp of an existing file. touch file1 2. mkdir command this command is used to create a new directory. mkdir dir1 mkdir dir2 dir3 dir4 3. rmdir command this command is used to delete or remove a directory. the below command will only work if dir1 is empty. rmdir dir1 4. change directory using cd cd dir2 create files inside dir2 using touch command touch file1 file2 file3 cd .. rmdir dir2 (this will give error saying directory not empty) 5. rm command this command is used to delete files or even directories. rm file1 (to remove a file) rm -R dir2 (to remove a directory recursively) 6. cp command used to copy the files or directories cp file1 file2 (will create a copy of an existing file named file1 with the name file2) cp file1 dir3 (will copy the file1 into directory3) cp -R dir5 dir6 (will copy the entire dir5 inside directory6 recursively) 7. mv command to move a file from one folder to another. to rename a file cd ../.. mv file1 file8 (will rename file1 to file8) mv file8 dir4 (will move the file8 to dir4, its like a cut and paste)
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