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10 Daily Linux Questions and Answers Series (part 2)

In this brief article, I present 10 essential Linux questions along with their answers. This foundational knowledge is crucial for anyone seeking to master Linux. Q1: How do you copy multiple files into a directory? cp file1.txt file2.txt backup/ Q2: How do you copy a directory and its contents? cp -r directory backup/ Q3: How do you move a file named data.txt to /home/user/backup/? mv data.txt /home/user/backup/ Q4: How do you move a directory? mv mydir /home/user/backup/ Q5: How do you rename a file named old.txt to new.txt? mv old.txt new.txt Q6: How do you rename a directory? mv olddir newdir Q7: How do you delete a file named unwanted.txt? rm unwanted.txt Q8: How do you remove an empty directory named oldfolder? rmdir oldfolder Q9: How do you remove a non-empty directory? rm -r oldfolder Q10: How do you force-delete a file without confirmation? rm -f unwanted.txt Stay tuned for part 3 coming tomorrow! Connect with me on LinkedIn #30DaysLinuxChallenge #RedHatEnterpriseLinux #CloudWhistler #CloudEngineer #Linux #DevOps #RedHat #OpenSource #CloudComputing #Automation #CloudEngineer

Apr 13, 2025 - 13:48
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10 Daily Linux Questions and Answers Series (part 2)

In this brief article, I present 10 essential Linux questions along with their answers.
This foundational knowledge is crucial for anyone seeking to master Linux.

Q1: How do you copy multiple files into a directory?
cp file1.txt file2.txt backup/

Q2: How do you copy a directory and its contents?
cp -r directory backup/

Q3: How do you move a file named data.txt to /home/user/backup/?
mv data.txt /home/user/backup/

Q4: How do you move a directory?
mv mydir /home/user/backup/

Q5: How do you rename a file named old.txt to new.txt?
mv old.txt new.txt

Q6: How do you rename a directory?
mv olddir newdir

Q7: How do you delete a file named unwanted.txt?
rm unwanted.txt

Q8: How do you remove an empty directory named oldfolder?
rmdir oldfolder

Q9: How do you remove a non-empty directory?
rm -r oldfolder

Q10: How do you force-delete a file without confirmation?
rm -f unwanted.txt

Stay tuned for part 3 coming tomorrow!

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