what did I do on my linux box, used the rm incorrectly

Question

What will this command do on unix:

rm somefile ~/data

I was trying to move somefile to the folder at home/data

Answer 1

It will delete ./somefile and, if it's a file, ~/data (assuming you have permission to do so on both of them, of course).

The command you wanted was:

mv somefile ~/data

If you don't do regular backups, you're probably hosed.

Answer 2

rm means remove...

You wanted mv, which means move

rm somefile ~/data

That command deletes somefile, and also deletes ~/data (data file located in the home directory).

If you wanted to rename/move (the two are the same) somefile to ~/data, the proper command would of been:

mv somefile ~/data

Answer 3

I think you meant to use mv:

mv somefile ~/data

rm means remove.

Answer 4

You removed somefile completely.

rm means 'remove'.

You need 'mv'

Use 'man rm' and 'man mv' for more information.

Answer 5

rm is the remove command. see man rm

Answer 6

Bash/Ubuntu:

meder@meder-desktop:~$ rm lol ~/lmfao
rm: cannot remove `/home/meder/lmfao': Is a directory

As previously stated you want 'mv'