command line
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zucchiniman3 on July 11, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 pwd | print working directory |
| hostname | my computer's network name |
| mkdir | make directory |
| cd | change directory |
| Ls | list directory |
| rmdir | remove directory |
| pushd | push directory |
| popd | pop directory |
| cp | copy a file or directory |
| mv | move a file or directory |
| less | page through a file |
| cat | print the whole file |
| xargs | execute arguments |
| find | find files |
| grep | find things inside files |
| man | read a manual page |
| apropos | find what man page is appropriate |
| env | look at your environment |
| echo | print some arguments |
| export | export/set a new environment variable |
| exit | exit the shell |
| sudo | Danger! become super user root DANGER ! |
| chmod | change permission modifiers |
| chown | change ownership |
| < | take and send the input from the file on the right to the program on the left |
| | | takes the output from the command on the left, and "pipes" it to the command on the right. |
| > | takes the output of the command on the left, then writes it to the file on the right |
| >> | takes the output of the command on the left, then appends it to the file on the right. |
| *.txt | matches anything in a wildcard like *.txt |
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