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

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

Need help accessing your files without a web browser? Linux has a few solutions you can access right from the command line.

DESTINATION_IP is the IP address of the destination server. Rsync should report back to you that it has successfully backed up the files/folders from the source to the destination (Figure A).