Copy and Remove Files/Folders in Unix/Linux - wiht Examples

Simple Copy Command in Linux :


[ivreddy@localhost practice]$ mkdir test
[ivreddy@localhost practice]$ ls
sample1.txt  test  test1  test1.txt  testfolder.rar
[ivreddy@localhost practice]$ cp sample1.txt test1.txt test
[ivreddy@localhost practice]$ cd test
[ivreddy@localhost test]$ ls
sample1.txt  test1.txt

[ivreddy@localhost test]$ cp test1.txt test2.txt
[ivreddy@localhost test]$ ls
sample1.txt  test1.txt  test2.txt

Copy with Recursive and Force in Linux:

[ivreddy@localhost practice]$ cp -rf test test2
[ivreddy@localhost practice]$ ls
sample1.txt  test  test1  test1.txt  test2  testfolder.rar
[ivreddy@localhost practice]$ cd test2
[ivreddy@localhost test2]$ ls
sample1.txt  test1.txt  test2.txt

Remove with Recursive and Force in Linux


[ivreddy@localhost practice]$ ls
sample1.txt  test  test1  test1.txt  test2  test3  testfolder.rar
[ivreddy@localhost practice]$ rm test1.txt sample1.txt
[ivreddy@localhost practice]$ ls
test  test1  test2  test3  testfolder.rar
[ivreddy@localhost practice]$ rm -rf test3
[ivreddy@localhost practice]$ ls
test  test1  test2  testfolder.rar
[ivreddy@localhost practice]$