Read, Move and Copy files

* - select all

-- peak --

$ cat FileName.txt
peaks file contents - doesnt open file

-- copy --

$ cp source.txt destination.txt
copies source into destination

$ cp source.txt source.txt destinationDir/
copies source files into destination Directory

$ cp * my_directory/
copy working dir into my_dir...

$ cp w*.txt my_directory/
copy starting with 'w' and ending with '.txt' into my_dir

-- move --

mv file.txt destinationDir/
moves file to destination Dir

mv file.txt file2.txt destinationDir/
moves files to destination Dir

mv file.txt fileNewName.txt
rename the file

-- remove --

rm file.txt
perma deletes file

rm -r dir/
deletes dir and all children  (-r = recursive)