linuxcommands

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LINUX CONSOLE COMMANDS

Help Commands Command command –help man command

info

Use/Description Lists general information about the command, including switches Lists the page from the built-in manual about the command. This contains very detailed information about the command. Displays information and documentation on shells, utilities and programs.

Directory and file location commands Command Use/Description cp source destination Copies a file from source to destination mv source destination Moves a file from source to destination. Also renames file source to destination. rm filename Deletes (removes) a file rmdir filename Deletes (removes) a directory mkdir filename Creates (makes) a directory ls Lists the contents of a directory ln existingfile new-link Creates link to an existing file (hard link) ln –s existingfile new-link Creates link to an existing file (soft link)

A “cheat sheet” of the most commonly used commands in Linux


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