How to transfer bewteen folders?

[kelvin490]

I have to work in terminal but I don't know the command of copying files from one folder to another.



e.g from /share/ParaDiS.v2.3.5.1 to /home/newfolder



what should I type?



Thank you

[Irithori]

cp should be enough, if that is a one time action.
Otherwise, have a look at rsync

man cp
man rsync

[ptkobe]

I kind of like this site: Linux Copy or Rename - Linux Files

Regards
Luis

[jayd512]

Just to add to the above suggestions...
If you want to do so, you can copy the entire folder to a new location by using the same commands.

[sgosnell]

cp copies, mv moves. You can also do it from the GUI file manager. Just make sure you have the proper permissions for both folders.

[three18ti]

cp -r

copies directories.

[donaldfarkas]

for example lets say you want to move everything in your home/username directory.

just navigate to your home/user directory.

donald@donald-desktop:/home$ cd /home/donald
donald@donald-desktop:~$ ls
data     Documents  examples.desktop  Pictures  Templates
Desktop  Downloads  Music             Public    Videos
donald@donald-desktop:~$ mv * /mnt/windows/_oldData^C
donald@donald-desktop:~$

so i moved everything from /home/donald to location /mnt/windows/_oldData