4. File Operations in Linux

Apr 13, 2024#CentOS7学习笔记123

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This is about basic file operations in Linux, such as creating files with "touch", deleting files with "rm -f", and viewing files with "cat". It also includes advanced commands like creating multiple files at once, deleting multiple files at once, copying files with "cp", moving files with "mv", and copying directories with "cp -a". Tips include using wildcards like "*" for moving files with specific extensions and renaming files with "mv".

File Operations About Linux#

Create file touch
Delete file rm -f
View file cat
Extended commands for file operations

Create files consecutively touch a b c
Delete files consecutively rm -f a b c

Copy cp source destination
Move mv source destination
To copy directories: cp -a

Tip 1: Make good use of wildcards (*: any number of characters) like

[root@localhost ~]# ls
a.txt b.txt c.txt abc
[root@localhost ~]# mv *.txt ./abc
[root@localhost ~]# ls
abc

This command moves any files in the current directory that end with txt to the abc folder in the current directory.

Tip 2: Rename files: mv original file name including extension new file name including extension