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/ 1 Year ago, tue, december 6, 2022, 6:47:57
I want to move one file to a folder using terminal. How do I do this?
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I want to move one file to a folder using terminal. How do I do this?
mv [file] [directory]
For example, to move info.txt
from the actual directory into the config/
directory, type mv info.txt config/
As was pointed out in a correct comment, the above will fail if the user running the command doesn't have write access to either the file or the folder.
If you prefix the command with sudo
, you are telling the system to run the command as the root
user (similar to an Admin account). Example:
sudo mv info.txt config/
BIG IMPORTANT NOTE:
Only use sudo
if you are sure you know what you're doing - Ubuntu protects things for a reason. Using sudo
you can break your OS, forcing a reinstall, if you move (or delete or whatever) important files.