copy failed
saiganesh@LAPTOP-EJBON1NM ~
$ mkdir gp
saiganesh@LAPTOP-EJBON1NM ~
$ cp * gp/
[b]cp: -r not specified; omitting directory 'gp'[/b]
saiganesh@LAPTOP-EJBON1NM ~
$ cd gp
saiganesh@LAPTOP-EJBON1NM ~/gp
i want to try rm and rmdir also
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sh-4.4$ pwd
/home/cg/root
sh-4.4$ cat file1.txt
cat: file1.txt: No such file or directory
sh-4.4$ touch f1.txt
sh-4.4$ ls -ltr
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 25335 25335 978 Jan 29 18:52 README.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 25335 25335 0 Jan 29 18:53 f1.txt
sh-4.4$ mkdir gp
sh-4.4$ ls -ltr
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 25335 25335 978 Jan 29 18:52 README.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 25335 25335 0 Jan 29 18:53 f1.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 25335 25335 4096 Jan 29 18:53 gp
sh-4.4$ mv gp /home/cg/root_destination
sh-4.4$ pwd
/home/cg/root
sh-4.4$ ls -ltr
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 25335 25335 978 Jan 29 18:52 README.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 25335 25335 0 Jan 29 18:53 f1.txt
sh-4.4$ cd /home/cg/root_destination
sh-4.4$ ls -ltr
total 0
sh-4.4$ pwd
/home/cg/root_destination
sh-4.4$ ls -ltr
total 0
not sure why mv command did not work
please advise
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$ cd chap1i am trying above from below but not successful yet
$ ls -F
ex1.c ex2.c ex3.c example/ exercise/
$ mv * chap2/
https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/12/mv-command-examples/
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Your move command worked as expected. This was your command:
mv gp /home/cg/root_destination
Explanation:
- gp is a directory
- /home/cg is a directory
The mv command moves the gp directory to the /home/cg directory.
Because you are specifying a destination named root_destination the mv command is renaming your gp directory to root_destination
And because your gp directory was empty, the ls -ltr is showing 0 files - the next pwd command is also showing correct output.
not clear.
can you please advise with any simple example?
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