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- How to rename a file in Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
A simple way to rename files and folders is with the mv command (shortened from “move”) Its primary purpose is moving files and folders, but it can also rename them since the act of renaming a file is interpreted by the filesystem as moving it from one name to another The syntax is: mv (option) file1 ext file2 ext where “file1 ext” is the “old” name of the file, and “file2 ext
- How do I navigate up one directory from the terminal?
I can navigate down in directory using cd in the terminal How do I navigate back up if I go too far?
- How to show only hidden files in Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
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- How to delete a non-empty directory in Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
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- How do I determine the total size of a directory (folder) from the . . .
Is there a simple command to display the total aggregate size (disk usage) of all files in a directory (folder)? I have tried these, and they don't do what I want: ls -l, which only displays the s
- How to run Terminal as root? - Ask Ubuntu
The graphical root terminal job will be both unsuspended and disowned by the non-root terminal, automatically In short: sudo -H gnome-terminal ^Z exit But suppose you wanted to keep using the original, non-root terminal too Then you could run bg N, where N is the graphical root terminal's job number, to resume the job in the background
- How do I rename a directory via the command line? - Ask Ubuntu
I have got the directory home user oldname and I want to rename it to home user newname How can I do this in a terminal?
- How can I copy the contents of a folder to another folder in a . . .
1364 I am trying to copy the contents of a folder to another folder in a different directory using terminal Would somebody be able to provide me an example of the command line syntax required to achieve this?
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