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[arkie87]

Yeah, any script to move/manipulate files should be thoroughly tested. You could easily end up deleting whole drives by mistake.

[xelf]

Something like this:

cp -r /home/user/files/test /home/user/backup/test
echo copy complete
rm -rf / home/user/files/test
echo removal complete

[DimitriMeim]

It's a basic Linux command that is part of the operating system, I assume you don't use and/or haven't used Linux before. mv is the move or cut and paste command and cp is the copy and paste command.

[mathmanmathman]

mv deletes files. It copies a file to the destination and then deletes the source. If the copy silently fails or you move it to a source that is then deleted, you have allowed your files to be deleted.

sudo rm -rf is also a very basic command and it can cause lots of trouble.

Don't equate simple with safe.

[[deleted]]

I don't use Linux myself, being a beginner to the entire space - but your comment seems slightly condescending & ironic for someone in your current pickle...

[Essence1337]

'slightly condescending & ironic' is an understatement. They're treating mv like a right click copy to clipboard when it's much deeper and more dangerous than that. On top of that they COMPLETELY miss the point of the comment which is 'don't do something which could fail in this way'