A Complete Guide to Web Design

56 Chapter 4 – A Beginner’s Guide to the Server

Introduction to Unix

Web Design in a Nutshell, eMatter Edition

mv

mv [source] [target]

This basic command moves files and directories around on the system or renames

them. Table 4-1 shows the results of variousmvoperations.

Example

Rename a file:

% mv art.html artists.html

Move a file from one directory to another:

% mv art.html ../richard/work

pg

pg [options] [filename]

This displays the contents of the file on the screen, one page at a time. After each

screen is displayed, you are prompted to display the next page by pressing the

RETURN key. Pressh (or?) for help with additional commands. Pressq to quit.

Useful pg Commands

-l Display one more line

n Move to pagen

+ or -n

Move forward or backward bynpages

passwd

passwd [user]

This creates or changes a password associated with a user name. Only the owner

or a privileged user can change a password.

pwd

pwd

This will tell you what directory you are currently in (yourworking directory).

Table 4-1: Results of Various mv Operations

Source Target Result

File name Rename file asname

File Existing file Overwrite existing file with the source

file

Directory name Rename directory asname

Directory Existing directory Move directory to be a subdirectory of

the existing directory

One or more files Existing directory Move files to directory