Making and Moving Things (mkdir, touch, cp, mv, rm)

Five commands cover almost every file-and-folder operation the AI will ever
hand you: mkdir, touch, cp, mv, rm. Each is simple. Each runs silently when it works — which is the most disorienting thing about the terminal coming from a GUI. And one of them deletes things permanently, no trash, no undo.

This lesson is the five commands, with one short demo each — and a careful look at the dangerous one, `rm -rf`, so you can read it on sight when the AI hands to you.

What it covers:

• The five commands: mkdir, touch, cp, mv, rm
• Unix is silent on success — empty line, new prompt, it worked
• `rm -rf` — what -r and -f actually mean, and why both bypass safety
• Two habits that keep you out of trouble: run pwd before you delete; read
the flags every time
• One safety net: git. What you commit, you can get back.

Most disasters with `rm` come from being one directory off from where you
thought you were. If you remember nothing else, remember: pwd before rm.

This is Lesson 3 of the Terminal Essentials module in Vibe Engineering — a
school that teaches engineering fundamentals to people who build with AI.
Vibe coding gets you a demo. Vibe Engineering gets you a product you own.

▶ Earlier in this module:
1. What the Terminal Actually Is — [link]
2. Finding Your Way Around (pwd, ls, cd) — [link]

— Chapters —
0:00 Where you are
0:15 The five commands — the cheat sheet
0:35 mkdir, touch, cp, mv, rm — one demo each
1:39 There is no undo
1:51 Reading `rm -rf` on sight
2:08 Two habits, one safety net

Free lessons and the full curriculum: https://www.skool.com/vibe-engineering-9169

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