Module 1, Day 4: moving and renaming linux files, directories::cindy: why oS is important

Question 1

what command moves and renames files in linux?

Answer 1

mv

Question 2

what is the format for using the mv command in linux? rename red_document.txt to blue_document.txt

Answer 2

mv red_document.txt blue_document.txt

Question 3

what is the format for using the mv command in linux to move the blue_document.txt to the documents folder?

Answer 3

mv blue_document.txt ~/Documents

Question 4

how can I use wildcards in bash to move multiple files at once, just like in Windows? move all _document.txt to Desktop?

Answer 4

mv *_document.txt ~/Desktop

Question 5

What action is used in Windows GUI to remove files and directories?

Answer 5

right click and delete, file goes to recycle bin,

Question 6

how can you restore files from the recycle bin?

Answer 6

go into the bin, right click, restore

Question 7

What happens if you empty your bin?

Answer 7

You can’t access the files that were in it to retrieve them.

Question 8

in powerShell, what is the command to remove files and directories?

Answer 8

RM, or remove

Question 9

Does remove use the recycle bin?

Answer 9

no.

Question 10

how do you remove a whole directory and its files in powershell?

Answer 10

rm filename.txt -recurse

Question 11

how do you remove a file in powershell? what is the format for removing a file in the home folder called filename.txt?

Answer 11

rm ~\filename.txt

Question 12

How are files protected from the rm command? powershell

Answer 12

the rm command has restricted access to certain users.

Question 13

what can you do to protect something from the rm command? powershell

Answer 13

mark it as a system file, change permissions

Question 14

What can you do to make rm remove something that is protected from removal? PowerShell

Answer 14

you can add the -Force parameter

Question 15

What does adding the force parameter look like with the rm command in PowerShell?

Answer 15

rm ~\important_system_file -Force

Question 16

What does it mean if, when you use the rm command with the -Force parameter, it still doesn’t work? PowerShell.

Answer 16

you probably don’t have administrator permissions, and you need to go in as admin

Question 17

when will PowerShell ask you to specify what you are doing with the rm command?

Answer 17

When you are deleting a directory that has children, and you didn’t specify that you want to recurse.

Question 18

what command removes files or directories in Bash?

Answer 18

rm

Question 19

What gives you an error if you try to remove it in Bash?

Answer 19

rm

Question 20

How can I use the rm command in Bash to remove the filename.txt file?

Answer 20

rm filename.txt

Question 21

How do you remove a directory in Bash?

Answer 21

rm -r foldername

Question 22

in Bash, what command can be used to view a list of all files in the home directory?

Answer 22

ls -l -a /home

Question 23

what is another way you can use flags in bash?

Answer 23

stack them next to each other. as in,
ls -la
rather than
ls -l -a