touch file1 /tmp/file1
mkdir ~/tmpFiles
# copy file1 in current dir to file2 in current dir
cp file1 file2
# copy file1 in /tmp to file2 in ~
cp /tmp/file1 ~/file2
# rename file1 as file2 in current dir
mv file1 file2
# move file1 in /tmp to file2 in ~
mv /tmp/file1 ~/file2
# remove file2 in home dir
rm ~/file2
# removes directory tmpFiles and all its contents
rm -R ~/tmpFiles
# same as above but avoids calling an aliased version of rm
\rm -R ~/tmpFiles
