To delet a file cd to the directory you want to be in and type rm -rf then the file name. or I think it's rm -f for a directory.
I started learning the terminal in 2010 but that's because the person teaching me did not know the gui. lol! Hth. > On Oct 22, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net> wrote: > > Hi Sarah > > A little bit over-done here, LOL. All I need is to copy a file from one > directory to another, on the same system, or preferably just move the file > with one operation. Also I guess I’d need the delete command as well to save > the tedium of having to use the Finder. > > To be utterly honest, my Linux knowledge is woefully inadequate, something > which I really do need to work on. When I first got my very first Mac way > back in early 2005, i promised myself I would get to grips with the technical > side of the thing. I also promised myself I would learn the CLI. I have, so > far, failed to live up to that second promise that I made myself. I intend > to address that inadequacy. I know of a couple of publications which deal > with using the bash interface, so I’m going to go and get those, even if I > have to buy them over again. I need to make myself more abled to deal with > these issues so that I can at least work with developers where procedures and > processes haven’t as yet been implemented into the Finder or the GUI. So > thus begins my quest for knowledge. > > Gordon > > On 21 Oct 2014, at 21:38, Sarah k Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Try an scp. the kicker is the way in which the remote server is handled. but > try > > scp filename.txt user@remotehost:path/to/filename.txt > > I can't remember what to do about spaces as quotes do not work at least for > me. > > The password will be taken care of during the scp as you will be prompted. >> On Oct 21, 2014, at 12:19 PM, Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net> wrote: >> >> Hi all >> >> What would be the command to copy a file in the Terminal from one directory >> to another? For instance, I want to copy a file called content.htm from >> /usr/local/Server to /usr/local/server/web/ and optionally move the file at >> the same time. Command syntax, please, any of you Linux users? >> >> Many thanks. >> >> Gordon >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> the list's public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we always strive to ensure that >> the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and >> worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security >> strategy. 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