Copy, Move and Rename

Linux lab Beginner 4 tasks 10 points

Your inbox directory is a mess. Tidy it up with cp and mv. Use ls (or tree) often to see what you've done.

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Hints

Paths are relative to where you are. Starting in your home folder, the report is inbox/report.txt.

Solution explanation

cp leaves the original where it was; mv doesn't. Renaming is a mv within the same directory. mv accepts several files when the last argument is a directory (mv inbox/*.jpg pictures/ works too). Directories need cp -r.

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cp inbox/report.txt backup/
mv inbox/notes-draft.txt inbox/notes.txt
mv inbox/photo1.jpg inbox/photo2.jpg pictures/
cp -r projects/game backup/game