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If you have another file called ‘Ubuntu 12.04 review.avi’, then in the command-line it’ll be listed as ‘Ubuntu\ 12.04\ review.avi’. This is because, before each space in a file’s name, the command-line assigns a ‘\’ to it. Let’s say I have a file called ‘test audio.mp3’ (note the space between ‘test’ and ‘audio.mp3’), then in the command-line, this file will be listed as ‘test\ audio.mp3’ not ‘test audio.mp3’. If your file or the folder has spaces in its name … So I highly recommend that you use it, all the time. But when you use the ‘-i’ argument, it’ll ask you before overwriting. If some of your files in the destination have the same names as the files that are being copied, then ‘cp’ automatically overwrite them!. As you can see, without the ‘-v’, until it finishes, you wouldn’t know anything about the process … So other than the HDD’s LED indicator, you’d wouldn’t know what going on. This is very useful because by default, while copying one or multiple files, ‘cp’ doesn’t give you any output (unless there’s an error). The ‘-v’ argument gives you a simple output (basically tells you what file it’s currently copying). It’s also the way file managers of the desktops seem to be copying files and folders, I think). You can also use ‘-r’ instead of ‘-a’ but that will replace some of the data of the files (not their content but things like ‘created date’ and ‘accessed date’ etc thus I prefer to use ‘-a’ so the data will be copied as it is. To do the same to a folder, I’ll use the ‘-a’ argument as shown below.Ĭp -via source-folder’s-path destination’s-path To copy a file into another location I’d use a built in command called ‘cp’ in the below format.Ĭp -vi source-file ‘s- path destination’s-path After you’ve figured that out, the rest is just bloody easy :).įor copying files and folders we’ll use a built in command-line utility called ‘cp’ and for figuring out the names and the path we’ll use another one called ‘dir’. First you have to know its name and the ‘path’ (location) and also the path of the destination (where you want it to be copied). For this example I’m using Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin and running the ‘Terminal’ (‘Terminal emulator’) inside the ‘Unity’ desktop rather than the ‘login-shell’.īasically for copying a file or a folder, we have to know three main things.
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You can also use these commands while the desktop is working, by using ‘Terminal’ just as you’d use it to install software using the ‘apt-get install …’ as well.
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Then you can use your existing user name and password to login to a non graphical interface and begin copying files. So if your desktop fails to load at the login screen and doesn’t takes you to a ‘login shell’ (a ‘Terminal’ in full-screen, without a desktop), then you can open one manually by pressing the ‘Alt’ + ‘Ctrl’ + ‘F1’ keys on your keyboard and it should open a new login shell for you.
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Because the GNU/Linux operating system is fundamentally designed and run through the command-line interface, thus even if your desktop fails to load, there’s a good chance that you should still be able to use the command-line to login to your user account and backup your data (supposing that you don’t have an Ubuntu Live CD/USB flash drive around :)).
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#Linux command line copy cd to iso how to
Learning how to use the command-line for copying files and folders (or backing up etc) in GNU/Linux sometimes can come in real handy.