Useful Linux Commands Cheatsheat For Devops
Move Files
mv old-file-name new-file-name
mv [options] old-file-name new-file-name
mv file1 file2
Renaming Files
We can use mv command to rename a file:
mv /var/www/myfilae.pdf /var/www/myfile.pdf
Get a verbose output :
mv -v file1 file2
file1' ->file2'
Copy Files
copy file.pdf and paste inside folder "myfolder"
cp -a /var/www/file.pdf /var/www/myfolder/file.pdf
copy all the files of folder2 in folder3
cp -a /var/www/folder2/. /var/www/folder3/
Compress - Create Zip Files to Specific Directory
We need to install zip package :
$ sudo apt install zip
$ zip -r tecmint_files.zip tecmint_files
To unzip
$ unzip tecmint_files.zip
To unzip in a particular directory
$ mkdir -p /tmp/unziped
$ unzip tecmint_files.zip -d /tmp/unziped
$ ls -l /tmp/unziped/