Which of the following commands should the technician use to fix this issue?

Users have been unable to save documents to /home/tmp/temp and have been receiving the following error:

Path not found

A junior technician checks the locations and sees that /home/tmp/tempa was accidentally created instead of /home/tmp/temp.

Which of the following commands should the technician use to fix this issue?
A . cp /home/tmp/tempa /home/tmp/temp
B . mv /home/tmp/tempa /home/tmp/temp
C . cd /temp/tmp/tempa
D . ls /home/tmp/tempa

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Answer: B

Explanation:

The mv /home/tmp/tempa /home/tmp/temp command will fix the issue of the misnamed directory. This command will rename the directory /home/tmp/tempa to /home/tmp/temp, which is the expected path for users to save their documents. The cp /home/tmp/tempa /home/tmp/temp command will not fix the issue, as it will copy the contents of /home/tmp/tempa to a new file named /home/tmp/temp, not a directory. The cd /temp/tmp/tempa command will not fix the issue, as it will change the current working directory to /temp/tmp/tempa, which does not exist. The ls /home/tmp/tempa command will not fix the issue, as it will list the contents of /home/tmp/tempa, not rename it.

References: CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Certification Study Guide, Chapter 12: Managing Files and Directories, page 413.