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In terminal

#mv -rf /source path /destination ptath

For directories '-rf'

For files 'f'

#cp -rf /source path /destination path

For moving files to remote system

#scp -rf /source path 'username'@ip:/destination path

user name - user at remote system

ip - remote system ip

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