BasicLinuxCommands
There are some of the basic shell commands that you will need.
- List Files
ls #(list directory contents) ls -l #(verbose directory listing) ls -ltrh #(verbose directory listing, sorted in reverse order (r) according to time (t), file sizes displayed in human-readable format (h))
- Concatenate Files
cat (concatenate files and print on standard output) cat file_name #(view the contents of file_name) cat file1 file2 #... (concatenate file1 and file2 and print on standard output)
- Directory Commands
mkdir dir_name #(make a directory called dir_name) rmdir dir_name #(remove directory dir_name. dir_name must be empty)
- Remove Files
rm file_name #(remove (delete) file_name) rm -f file_name #(force delete file_name) rm -rf * #(force delete all files and directories)
- Copy Files/Directories
cp file_name copy_file_name #(copies file_name to copy_file_name) cp -R * dest #(copies all files and directories in the current working directory to a destination directory)
- Print Directory
pwd #(print name of current working directory)