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Mastering Ubuntu Server - Fourth Edition

By : Jay LaCroix
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Mastering Ubuntu Server - Fourth Edition

4.7 (7)
By: Jay LaCroix

Overview of this book

Ubuntu Server is taking the server world by storm - and for a good reason! The server-focused spin of Ubuntu is a stable, flexible, and powerful enterprise-class distribution of Linux with a focus on running servers both small and large. Mastering Ubuntu Server is a book that will teach you everything you need to know in order to manage real Ubuntu-based servers in actual production deployments. This book will take you from initial installation to deploying production-ready solutions to empower your small office network, or even a full data center. You'll see examples of running an Ubuntu Server in the cloud, be walked through set up popular applications (such as Nextcloud), host your own websites, and deploy network resources such as DHCP, DNS, and others. You’ll also see how to containerize applications via LXD to maximize efficiency and learn how to build Kubernetes clusters. This new fourth edition updates the popular book to cover Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, which takes advantage of the latest in Linux-based technologies. By the end of this Ubuntu book, you will have gained all the knowledge you need in order to work on real-life Ubuntu Server deployments and become an expert Ubuntu Server administrator who is well versed in its feature set.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
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Index

Copying, moving, and renaming files and directories

At this point, you should know how to move around within the filesystem (commands such as cd), inspect the contents of directories (ls), and even how to create empty files (the touch command). We even know how to remove files as well, such as executing the rm command against a file or directory. But until now, we haven’t looked at moving files around within your Ubuntu filesystem.

First, to make a copy of a file or directory, we use the cp command. Copying a file is fairly easy, and such a command would look similar to the following:

cp file1 file2

In that example, file2 is created as an exact copy of file1. Copying a file is useful in many situations, some of the most common of which are:

  • Copying a file to a backup medium, such as an external drive or network share
  • Creating a copy of a file before making a change, such as before editing a very important text file
  • Duplicating a log file...