Cut and Copy in Ubuntu Command line

Question

How Could i copy or cut a file from a directory to another directory?

I mean in command line!

Answer 1

Simple: type in terminal

For copy

cp /PATH1/file [file2 file3 ...] /PATH2/[newfilename or noting to use the same name]

and for more info about cp use man cp

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For cut(move and rename)

mv /PATH1/file /PATH2/[newfilename or noting to use the same name]

and for more info about mv use man mv

Answer 2

Hi here we go with a practical example:

1. Copy 

    raja@badfox:~/Folder$ mkdir copy
    raja@badfox:~/Folder$ mkdir move
    raja@badfox:~/Folder$ touch file1 file2 file3 file4
    raja@badfox:~/Folder$ cp file1 copy
    raja@badfox:~/Folder$ ls copy
    file1

2. Move


    raja@badfox:~/Folder$ ls
    copy  file1  file2  file3  file4  move
    raja@badfox:~/Folder$ mv file2 move
    raja@badfox:~/Folder$ ls move
    file2
    raja@badfox:~/Folder$ ls
    copy  file1  file3  file4  move


3. Rename

    raja@badfox:~/Folder$ mv file3 file2
    raja@badfox:~/Folder$ ls
    copy  file1  file2  file4  move
    raja@badfox:~/Folder$ 

Answer 3

Here is my view of it. You want to move file1 from dir1 to file2 in dir2, So here is how: mv /PATH/TO/FILE1/ /PATH/TO/FILE2/ practical example: ~/Documents$ ls text.txt
cd .. cd Desktop ls
cd .. mv ~/Documents/text.txt/ ~/Desktop/text.txt cd Desktop ls
text.txt

Hope it helps and isn't too complicated :D