Basic operations (GNU Coreutils 9.0)
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11 Basic operations
This chapter describes the commands for basic file manipulation: copying, moving (renaming), and deleting (removing).
| • cp invocation | Copy files. | |
| • dd invocation | Convert and copy a file. | |
| • install invocation | Copy files and set attributes. | |
| • mv invocation | Move (rename) files. | |
| • rm invocation | Remove files or directories. | |
| • shred invocation | Remove files more securely. |
