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If you want to see output of what these commands is doing, you can add the optional "-v" flag.

Or, you can add this to your .bash_profile (or whatever shell you're using)

alias cp='/bin/cp -v'
alias mv='/bin/mv -v'
alias rm='/bin/rm -v'
alias mkdir='/bin/mkdir -v'
alias rmdir='/bin/rmdir -v'