File Management

To search for a file by name

First run “updatedb” This updates files index on the system.
updatedb

Once this is done find a file use the locate command
locate filename 
 

Copying, Moving, renaming files

Move a file to a directory 

mv
mv test test2 simply moves test to the test2 file, note its like renaming it. 
 

Copy a file. You can copy a file to a directory and also rename it while copying 

cp filename /etc/filename
cp can also be used to copy directories. Example cp -r /root/mail /usr/local 
-f will force the copy
-p will copy permissions
 

Make a directory 

mkdir
mkdir can make a directory anywhere ex mkdir /etc/sysconfig/testdir 

Remove a file and can also be used to rm directories 

rm

To remove an entire directory and its contents, type rm -rf /directory where "/directory" is the path to the directory that you want to delete.
rm -Rf /root removes everything in your /root directory without prompts, DON'T DO THIS!!!! 
 

Remove empty directories

rmdir

touch creates an empty file 
touch

Enabling FTP

Turn FTP on You need to modify the /etc/inetd.conf with an ftp line like below 

ftp     stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  in.ftpd

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