diff --git a/code/common/anymaputils.q b/code/common/anymaputils.q
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+.anymap.writeToAnyMap:{[data;filePath] (hsym filePath) 1: data; :(::)}
+.anymap.deriveAnymapFiles:{[filePath] strPath: string[filePath]; `$(strPath;strPath,"#";strPath,"##")}
+.anymap.util.copyAnyMap:{[fromFilePath; destFilePath] fromFilePaths:.anymap.deriveAnymapFiles[fromFilePath]; system (("cp "," " sv string fromFilePaths), " ", string destFilePath)}
+.anymap.util.removeAnyMap:{[filePath] filePaths:.anymap.deriveAnymapFiles[filePath]; system ("rm "," " sv string filePaths)}
+.anymap.util.moveAnyMap:{[fromFilePath; destFilePath] fromFilePaths:.anymap.deriveAnymapFiles[fromFilePath]; system (("mv "," " sv string fromFilePaths), " ", string destFilePath)}
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