Linux commands to copy and move the files
mv command to rename a file
kodingwindow@kw:~$ ls
a.out  kw.cpp   kw.py    Documents  Fedora.txt  Pictures  Templates   Videos
kw.c   KW.java  Desktop  Downloads  Music   Public    Ubuntu.txt  Weekdays

kodingwindow@kw:~$ mv Fedora.txt FEDORA.TXT
kodingwindow@kw:~$ ls
a.out  kw.cpp   kw.py    Documents  FEDORA.TXT  Pictures  Templates   Videos
kw.c   KW.java  Desktop  Downloads  Music   Public    Ubuntu.txt  Weekdays
cp command to copy a file
kodingwindow@kw:~$ cp FEDORA.TXT /home/kodingwindow/Documents/
kodingwindow@kw:~$ ls $cat /home/kodingwindow/Documents/
FEDORA.TXT
cp and mv commands to copy and move the files
kodingwindow@kw:~$ mkdir Linux
kodingwindow@kw:~$ touch Ubuntu.txt Fedora.txt
kodingwindow@kw:~$ cp Ubuntu.txt Fedora.txt
kodingwindow@kw:~$ ls
a.out   KW.java  Documents   Linux     Public      Videos
kw.c    kw.py    Downloads   Music     Templates   Weekdays
kw.cpp  Desktop  Fedora.txt  Pictures  Ubuntu.txt

kodingwindow@kw:~$ cp Ubuntu.txt /home/kodingwindow/Linux/
kodingwindow@kw:~$ ls $cat /home/kodingwindow/Linux/
Ubuntu.txt

kodingwindow@kw:~$ mv Fedora.txt /home/kodingwindow/Linux/
kodingwindow@kw:~$ ls $cat /home/kodingwindow/Linux/
Fedora.txt  Ubuntu.txt

kodingwindow@kw:~$ ls
a.out  kw.cpp   kw.py    Documents  Linux  Pictures  Templates   Videos
kw.c   KW.java  Desktop  Downloads  Music  Public    Ubuntu.txt  Weekdays
kodingwindow@kw:~$ cd Linux/
kodingwindow@kw:~/Linux$ ls
Fedora.txt  Ubuntu.txt
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