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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 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 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?
- What is a terminal and how do I open and use it? - Ask Ubuntu
A Terminal is your interface to the underlying operating system via a shell, usually bash It is a command line Back in the day, a Terminal was a screen+keyboard that was connected to a server Today, it is usally just a progam You can open it via the utilities part of the apllications menu, or press Alt + F2 and type gnome-terminal
- How to show only hidden files in Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
How to show only hidden files in Terminal? Asked 11 years, 1 month ago Modified 1 year, 8 months ago Viewed 981k times
- terminal - What is the difference between rm -r and rm -f? - Super User
What do you mean they give the same result? rm -r emptydir removes that directory, rm -f emptydir does not These are two completely different command line options, each doing whatever its documentation says is doing
- How can I copy the contents of a folder to another folder in a . . .
1365 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?
- How to display network traffic in the terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
how to display the actual network traffic (wireless) in a terminal? Additionally: Is it possible to add this info to the chart of top?
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