Category | Command | Meaning | |
help |
man topic
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Displays the manual page for topic. | |
info
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Brings up InfoExplorer. | ||
navigation |
pwd
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Displays the path of the current directory. | |
cd
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Navigates to home directory. | ||
cd ..
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Navigates to parent directory. | ||
cd path
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Changes the current directory to path. | ||
directories |
ls
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Lists normal files and directories in the current directory. | |
ls -l
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Same as previous, but displays extended information. | ||
ls -ltr
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Same as previous, but reverses sort by modification time. | ||
directories |
ls -aF
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Lists everything in the current directory, with file types. | |
ls -alFR
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Lists recursively everything in the current directory. | ||
mkdir dirname
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Makes a directory called dirname. | ||
rm -rf dirname
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Removes recursively the directory called dirname. | ||
cp -r srcdir dstdir
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Copies recursively srcdir to dstdir. | ||
files |
mv src dest
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Moves src file to dest file (can also be used to rename a file). | |
cp src dest
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Copies src file to dest file. | ||
rm filename
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Removes filename. | ||
more filename
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Displays filename, with scrolling control. | ||
redirection |
cmd > path
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Places the output of cmd into the file path. | |
cmd >> path
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Appends the output of cmd to the file path. | ||
cmd1 | cmd2
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Uses the output of cmd as the input for cmd2. | ||
processes |
ps -aux
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Displays information about all your processes. | |
ps -Af
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Displays information about all processes. | ||
cmd & | Runs cmd as a background process. | ||
Ctrl-C | Kills the current foreground process. | ||
Ctrl-Z | Suspends the current foreground process. | ||
bg
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Runs the most recently suspended process in the background. | ||
fg
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Brings the process most recently put in the background to the foreground. | ||
kill pid
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Terminates the process with id pid (Use kill -9 pid to force).
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