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Is it necessary/usual to have to use sudo to move a file?

e.g. sudo mv /tmp/temp1.zip /tmp/temp2.zip

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closed as not constructive by Khaled, Iain May 17 '12 at 6:56

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If you are doing any file/folder operation that requires root privileges, then you need to use sudo. Otherwise, it is not needed.

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