About filenames
Filenames can contain just about anything
• Except/
• Hidden files start with a dot
Case sensitivity
• “hello” vs “Hello”
• Linux filenames are case sensitive
• Mac OS filenames are not
• But these are defaults: it depends on file system
Example of copy command Macbook-Air:demo reindertS Is -R alice Sherlock ./alice: alice.txt wonderland.jpg ./sherlock: holmes.jpg sherlock.txt Macbook-Air:demo reindertS...
Safety first: the -i switch • Prompt before overwriting or deleting files • Use the-i switch • “cp-i” and...
Moving files ■ mv • Warning: will silently overwrite existing files! • Arguments: a source filename and a target...
PWD – Print Working Directory At the command line type pwd
How to Remove Directories (Folders) To remove an empty directory use the -d option. rm -d dirname Copy To remove non-empty...
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