How Do You Copy a Folder and Rename It in Linux?
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How do I copy a directory with a different name in Linux?

The command you need is simply cp which stands for “copy”. The first variant allows you to specify a new file name for the target file, while the second variant creates a copy with the same name in the target directory. You must of course substitute the place holders in capital letters with valid paths first.

How do you make a copy of a file and rename it in Linux?

The traditional way to rename a file is to use the mv command. This command will move a file to a different directory, change its name and leave it in place, or do both. But we now also have the rename command to do some serious renaming for us.

Sophia Al-Mansoor

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