> And it won't. :-) mv works for BOTH "rename" and "move" (if
> you want, you can put in an alias in your .bashrc for "ren"
> to "mv" and that would allow you to use the old "dos"
> command "ren" )
Watch it. While in DOS you can rename all .txt files to .doc with REN
*.TXT *.DOC, Linux won't han
On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> A colleague using a windows machine has e-mailed me some graphics in a zip
> file. Is there a good linux unzipper?
>
unzip
>
> Also, what are the commands to rename,
mv
>copy
cp
(ie cp root/filename1 /home/james/filename2)
>and move files? I've tried
see r
Let me take a stab at this...
I used to be able to use unzip
Try this
unzip
For Rename(Move), use mv , but BE CAREFUL!!! Read the man
page or you could wipe out a file.
For Copy, use cpAgain, Read the man page if you are
unsure
James Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 08/12/99 06:42:0
James Stewart wrote:
> Also, what are the commands to rename, copy and move files? I've tried
> saying ln and then removing the previous file, but this hasn't worked.
To rename and to move, use mv . To copy, use cp
.
--
Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Meddle not in the affairs o
Hi James
zip, and unzip work for zip files. also gzip, gunzip for .gz files
see: man zip or man gzip
as far as copy/and move files, use
cp
mv
(of course, you can us the 'man cp' to get info)
Bill
-Original Message-
From: James Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 1
>> Original Message <<
On 8/12/99, 3:42:09 AM, James Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
regarding [newbie] File operations and Zip archives:
> A colleague using a windows machine has e-mailed me some graphics in a
zip
> file. Is there a good linux unzipper?
g
