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Suppose you have a folder named A within Desktop. The A folder has the following structure:
├── B
│ ├── D
│ │ ├── E
│ │ │ ├── F
│ │ │ │ ├── G
│ │ │ │ │ └── g.md
│ │ │ │ └── f.md
│ │ │ └── e.md
│ │ └── d.md
│ └── b.md
├── C
│ └── c.md
└── a.md
Task 1: Copy C/c.md and paste it to B #
First, change directory to A using cd Desktop/A.
Then,
cp C/c.md B
This is quite easy to do.
Task 2: Copy C/c.md and paste it to the root of A #
Use a dot, ., to represent the root directory of where are currently at.
cp C/c.md .
Task 3: Copy the E folder and paste it to the root of A #
Use cp -r or cp -R.
cp -r B/D/E .
Task 4: Copy all the contents within E and paste them to the root of A #
The key point here is that you are asked to copy the contents within E, not E itself. Use /* to represent all the contents within a folder:
cp -r B/D/E/* .
Last modified on 2021-10-05