Move & Copy Files
Practice moving and copying .txt files through the Dwarf Mine. Each challenge gives you a pwd, a file location, and a destination. Type the command that sends the file there.
How to play: read the current pwd, find the purple .txt file, then type cp source.txt destination/ to copy it or mv source.txt destination/ to move it.
Example: from ~/dwarf_mine, type cp north_tunnel/foreman_note.txt workshop/ to copy that note into workshop. The pattern is cp <from> <to>: source first, destination second. Use mv the same way when the file should leave its old location.
Next step after this activity: Dwarf Mine Terminal.
Walk-Through
Current pwd
File Location
Destination
Use Command
Type the command that moves or copies the purple .txt file to the yellow destination.
Dwarf Mine Directory Tree
Green is your pwd. Purple shows the source file. Yellow is the destination directory.
Command Reminders
cp copies a file and leaves the original in place. mv moves a file so it leaves the original location. Both use the same pattern: command, source path, destination path.
cp source.txt folder/
Copy source.txt into folder without removing the original.
mv source.txt folder/
Move source.txt into folder and remove it from the old place.
..
Means the parent location, one level up, just like in cd practice.
~/
Starts from home, so ~/dwarf_mine/workshop works from any pwd.