If you want to copy all the files and folders from /path/folder/ to /other_path/folder/ you would...
Move to the Source Folder
cd /path/folder/
Copy All Files from Current Folder to Destination Folder
cp -R * /path/destination/folder/
Mount New Disk
- Create Folder to Mount Too
mkdir /path/folder
ie: mkdir /media/disk1 - Mount the Disk
mount -t {file-system-type} /disk/id /media/disk1
-t indicates the type of file system - vfat = FAT32
/disk/id indicates the disk identification - this can be attained by typing "fdisk -l" to list all available disks
Basic Directory Operations
- List Directory Contents
ls -al - Change Directory
cd dirname - Make Directory
mkdir dirname - Remove Directory (and all contents)
rmdir dirname -Rf
Create TAR.GZ Gzip Compressed Tarball Files (For BACKUP, STORAGE, or TRANSFER)
- Create TAR.GZ of all folder contents
tar -czvf filename.tar.gz .
-or-
tar cvf - . | gzip > filename.tar.gz - Create TAR.GZ of just JPG images (for example)
tar -czvf filename.tar.gz *.jpg
-or-
tar cvf - *.jpg | gzip > filename.tar.gz - Extract TAR.GZ contents (into current folder)
tar -xzvf filename.tar.gz
-or
tar xvfz filename.tar.gz
How to Recursively CHMOD Files and Folders
- Recursively CHMOD Folders Only
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; - Recursively CHMOD Files Only
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
