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Rename a file or 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/index.html /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/index.html.old

Renames the file or directory ALT to NEU. On Linux, renaming is the same as moving, so mv handles both. -i asks for confirmation if NEU already exists, -- protects against file names that start with a hyphen.

Note: Without -i, mv silently overwrites an existing target file.

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Move a file to another directory

$mv -i -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/old.zip /var/www/vhosts/example.com/private/
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Rename many files at once

$rename -n 's/\.jpeg$/.jpg/' *.jpeg
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Copy a file

$cp -ip -- /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/.htaccess /var/www/vhosts/example.com/private/htaccess-copy
cautionFilesystem

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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