Chapter 7: Copying, Moving, Renaming, and Deleting Files

📄 File Manipulation Operations

Managing system records at the command line requires familiarity with the primary file operations:

• 📑 copy [source] [destination]: Duplicates a file to a new name or directory path.
• 📦 move [source] [destination]: Moves a file from its current path to another folder, or renames a directory.
• 🏷️ ren [oldname] [newname]: Renames a file or folder (short for rename).
• 🗑️ del [filename] (or erase): Deletes files.
• 📄 type [filename]: Displays the text content of a file on-screen.