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Unix directory commands


Problem:

Creating, Moving, Copying and Deleting Directories



Solution:

mkdir [directoryname] (creates a new directory)

ls -d */ (lists all directories within current directory)

cp -r [directoryname] [new directoryname] (copy a directory and all files/directories in it)

rmdir [directoryname] (remove a directory if it is empty)
rm -r [directoryname] (remove a directory and all files in it)