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Ruby Ruby Operators and Control Structures Logical Operators The Or (||) Operator

ANIKET KUWAR
ANIKET KUWAR
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Posted by ANIKET KUWAR
ANIKET KUWAR
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Hi, What is the command to copy a file from one location to another ? I tried using cp (src, dst).

I want to move a file from one location to other. I am not able to do so using cp (src, dst). Can anyone please help with the proper command which would move file from one location to other?

James Attree
James Attree
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Is this a Ruby related question?

Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points
Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

Are you trying to change the location of the file using the console?

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Garrett Carver
Garrett Carver
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Garrett Carver
Garrett Carver
14,681 Points

This is a general console question. Check out the treehouse course on this subject!

copy a file:

cp sourcefile destinationdirectory

move a file:

mv sourcefile destinationdirectory

rename a file:

mv sourcefile destinationfile

(essentially this copies the original file to the destination, wherever that may be, and removes the original)