cat |
concatenate (combine) two or more files |
cd |
change to another directory |
chmod |
change mode (security permissions) of file or directory |
ugo+-rwx |
user (owner), group, other (world), add, remove, read, write, execute |
cp |
copy file |
-r |
copy directory tree |
df |
show disk free information |
find |
find files in a directory tree |
finger |
display user information |
grep |
list text lines containing particular characters |
groups |
show your security group memberships |
kill |
kill process |
-9 |
kill process immediately |
lpr |
send to printer |
-P |
send to another printer |
lpq |
show status of print queue |
-P |
show print jobs in a different print queue |
lprm |
remove print job from printer |
-P |
remove from a different print queue |
ls |
list contents of current directory |
-l |
long (detailed) listing |
man |
display portion of online Unix manual |
-k |
display command descriptions relating to subject keyword |
mkdir |
make new directory |
more |
display contents of file |
mv |
move or rename file or directory |
ps aux |
list status of all processes (running programs) |
pwd |
print working (current) directory |
rm |
remove file |
-r |
remove directory tree |
rmdir |
remove an empty directory |
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.. |
parent directory |
. |
current directory |
* |
wildcard representing any combination of characters |
? |
wildcard representing exactly one character |
~ |
your home directory |
~userid |
userid’s home directory |
> |
send output to file |
>> |
append (add) output to file |
| |
pipe output from one command as input to another |
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