How do I move a file on my desktop to another directory using terminal?

Pompous · 08-20-2012, 06:59 PM

I'm asking because the file needs root access, so I can't just copy it in. Any help would be much appreciated.

kindofabuzz · 08-20-2012, 07:04 PM

man mv

Pompous · 08-20-2012, 07:13 PM

How would I structure the command using mv?

chrism01 · 08-20-2012, 08:09 PM

Examples

Code:

cp /path/to/file/filename /new/path/filename

mv /path/to/file/filename /new/path/filename

cp just copies, mv actually moves it ie original is 'deleted'.
However(!) in either case you need sufficient rights to do this.
Who are you trying to do this as and what do the ownerships/perms look like on the file?

Code:

ls -l /path/to/file/filename

That's a lowercae L switch there & substitute the actual path & filename of the real file...