How do I copy a file from my desktop, to another directory not on my desktop?

Question

In my Desktop directory, I have a file called "ex12.txt"

I want to copy it and move it to another directory named "temp" in another location.

I've tried this:

Jahvons-MacBook-Air:desktop jahvonashmeade$ cp ex12.txt temp/

Then I get this

cp: directory temp does not exist

What exactly am i doing wrong?

EDIT: Never mind guys I found out the problem. I was skipping the root folder in the path directions.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 04 '15 at 19:55

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copy/paste by chance. Seems fairly simple and easy to do

answered Jun 04 '15 at 19:55

Vermonster

Stack Overflow is for programmatic answers; this seems like you're just telling the user to manually copy and paste? – LittleBobbyTables - Au Revoir Jun 04 '15 at 20:09

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