How to Cut and Paste in Yosemite

Hi All,
I have a lot of files that I want to transfer to an external HDD to save up space on my MBP HDD.
Is there a way of cutting and pasting as you would in w$ndows? or do I have to copy and paste and then go back through the files and send them to the trash?
Many Thanks in Advance
Chris

Select the files, then hold down the Command (⌘) key and drag & drop the files to the external HDD.

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