Say I have a file ```/templates/apple``` and I want to

* put it in two different places and then
* remove the original.

So, ```/templates/apple``` will be copied to ```/templates/used``` AND ```/templates/inuse```
and then after that I’d like to remove the original.
Is ```cp``` the best way to do this, followed by ```rm```? Or is there a better way?
I want to do it all in one line so I’m thinking it would look something like:
```cp /templates/apple /templates/used | cp /templates/apple /templates/inuse | rm /templates/apple
```
Is this the correct syntax?
Will it work as intended?
Or is there a more bash-y way of doing it? (I’d appreciate that if it can be done without using external tools like ```xargs``` or ```find``` and I’d like it to be POSIX-compliant if possible)

Yes, you're on the right track. However, the pipe operator `|` is not used in this way. Instead, you should use the `cp
Or is there a better one?

While your approach is close, it is not quite correct. You cannot pipe the output of one command to the next command directly as you have tried. Instead, you should use the `-R` (or `-r`) option of the `cp` command to recursively copy a directory including all its contents, and then use the semicolon `;` to separate multiple commands.

So, the correct command sequence would be: