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Farnoosh Johnson
7,887 Pointsgit move command
I am in terminal using git. I made a directory on my desktop. I had another file "hello.html" on my desktop. I waned to move my "hello.html" file to my new folder directory I used this command: mv hello.html my_first_web_page
Now I lost my "hello.html" file.
Is anyone can help me to find it??
4 Answers
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 PointsActually it's the same command
mv, depending on the context it was used, it can rename the file or move it to a new location.
Here's the typical syntax for mv.
mv <first argument> <second argument>
If you supply a directory path for the second argument, then mv will move the file to that folder. Say for example, you have a hello.html in the current directory, and you wish to move it to the Desktop. Here's the command for the job.
mv hello.html ~/Desktop
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 PointsHi, Farnoosh
mv hello.html my_first_web_page
Your hello.html file is NOT lost, the way you use the mv commend, it renamed the hello.html file to my_first_web_page within the same directory.
Hope it helps.
Farnoosh Johnson
7,887 Pointsthank you William, your answer was very helpful Quick question, what is the command for moving my file to a folder that I made on my desktop?
Farnoosh Johnson
7,887 Pointsthank you very much