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The <command>cp</command> command makes a copy of a file or directory (<acronym>cp</acronym> is short for <quote>copy</quote>). To make an exact copy of <filename>foo</filename> and name it <filename>bar</filename>, type: <screen>cp foo bar</screen> To make an exact copy of the <filename class="directory">foo_dir</filename> directory and name it <filename class="directory">bar_dir</filename>, type: <screen>cp -r foo_dir bar_dir</screen>

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mv - move files or directories

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The <command>mv</command> command moves a file or directory to a different location or will rename a file or directory (<acronym>mv</acronym> is short for <quote>move</quote>). To rename the file <filename>foo</filename> to <filename>bar</filename>, type: <screen>mv foo bar</screen> To move the file <filename>foo</filename> into the current user's <filename class="directory">Desktop</filename> directory, type: <screen>mv foo ~/Desktop</screen> This will not rename <filename>foo</filename> to <filename>Desktop</filename> because <filename>foo</filename> is a file and <filename class="directory">Desktop</filename> is a directory.

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rm - remove files or directories

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The <command>rm</command> command is used to delete files and directories (<acronym>rm</acronym> is short for <quote>remove</quote>). To delete the file <filename>foo</filename> for the current directory, type: <screen>rm foo</screen>

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By default, <command>rm</command> will not remove directories. To remove a directory, you must use the <command>-r</command> option (also can be entered as either <command>-R</command> or <command>--recursive</command>). For example, <screen>rm -r foobar</screen> or <screen>rm -R foobar</screen> or <screen>rm --recursive foobar</screen> will remove the directory <filename class="directory">foobar</filename>, <emphasis role="strong"> and all of its contents!</emphasis>

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df - display amount of disk space

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The <command>df</command> command displays filesystem disk space usage for all partitions (<acronym>df</acronym> stands for <quote>disk free</quote>). <screen>df -h</screen> will give information using megabytes (<abbrev>M</abbrev>) and gigabytes (<abbrev>G</abbrev>) instead of blocks (<command>-h</command> means <quote>human readable</quote>).

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free - display amount of free and used memory

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The <command>free</command> command displays the amount of free and used memory in the system. <screen>free -m</screen> will give the information using megabytes, which is probably the most useful for current computers.