Which command would you use to move a file named report.txt to a directory named reports?

Which command would you use to move a file named report.txt to a directory named reports?

• A. Mv report.txt reports
• B. Cp report.txt reports
• C. Mkdir reports
• D. Ls reports

Answer: (A)

Moving a file into an existing directory is done with the mv command. When the destination is a directory, mv relocates the source file into that directory while keeping the same filename. So report.txt would go into the directory named reports with the command mv report.txt reports (you can also use mv report.txt reports/). The other commands don’t achieve this: cp would copy the file, leaving the original intact; mkdir creates a directory but doesn’t move files; ls just lists contents and doesn’t modify files.

Moving a file into an existing directory is done with the mv command. When the destination is a directory, mv relocates the source file into that directory while keeping the same filename. So report.txt would go into the directory named reports with the command mv report.txt reports (you can also use mv report.txt reports/).

The other commands don’t achieve this: cp would copy the file, leaving the original intact; mkdir creates a directory but doesn’t move files; ls just lists contents and doesn’t modify files.