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Move a file to another directory

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Caution: This command changes the system. Understand what it does before you run it.

Adjust the values, the command updates live
user@server
mv -i -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/old.zip /var/www/vhosts/example.com/private/

Moves QUELLE into the target folder and keeps the file name. The trailing slash makes mv fail with an error if the target folder does not exist, instead of saving the file under that name. -i asks before overwriting a file with the same name in the target.

Note: Within the same file system this is instant, across partitions the data is copied and then deleted.

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$mv -i -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/index.html /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/index.html.old
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Copy a file

$cp -ip -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/.htaccess /var/www/vhosts/example.com/private/htaccess-copy
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Create a dated backup copy of a file

$cp -p -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/.htaccess /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/.htaccess.bak-$(date +%F-%H%M)
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Delete a file

$rm -i -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/old.zip
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Find a file by name

$find /var/www/vhosts -iname '*wp-config*' 2>/dev/null
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List directory contents with permissions and sizes

$ls -lAh --group-directories-first -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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