You can run a series of Linux commands to copy multiple files to a folder or copy a single file to multiple folders, but you can save time and trouble by using xargs, loops and scripts.

If you need to share or transfer files between Linux machines, you have plenty of options. Here are some you might not have considered.

Jack Wallen continues his Linux 101 series, with an introduction on how to copy files and directories from the command line.

Learn how to copy files from Windows to Linux using PowerShell. Use Copy-Item cmdlet to transport files using PowerShell Remoting Over SSH.

There's more to copying and renaming files on Linux than cp and mv. Try some commands and strategies that might surprise you and save you some time.

Originally, this article was stored on a minimalistic web site. I, along with the thousands of users who use that site, use FTP to maintain the content. This used to mean that after making changes to ...

If you run SuSE Linux, you can install the package proxy-suite, which installs a binary copy of ftp-proxy along with its configuration file and startup script. If you wish to use ftp-proxy as a ...

Windows/Mac/Linux: If you spend much time at a command/shell prompt, you're probably very comfortable navigating from one folder to the next—but rathe ...