Copy Move Delete

2016
To Copy/Delete a file use cp

To copy a file use:
cp filename path/filename
To copy the file test.txt to the folder /home/pi/new
cp test.txt /home/pi/new

Copying Directories (and contained files)

To copy a directory
cp -avr source_directory destination_directory
To copy the directory /home/pi/dir1 to the folder /home/pi/test
cp -avr /home/pi/dir1 /home/pi/test
Now you will have a /home/pi/test/dir directory

The attributes -avr represent

a Preserve the specified attributes such as directory and file mode, ownership, timestamps, etc.
v Show results
r Recursive, action all subfolders and files.

To Move use mv

To Move a file
mv source destination
To move a file called test.txt from /home/pi to /home/pi/tmp
mv /home/pi/test.txt /home/pi/tmp
mv works with directorys too
To move the folder /home/pi/Trial to the folder /mnt use
mv /home/pi/Trial /mnt (you may need to sudo depending on destination directory rights)

To Delete use rm

To Delete a file
rm filename
To delete a directory (even if it is empty)
rm -R directory