| Command |
Description |
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# cd /home |
enter to directory '/ home' [man] |
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# cd .. |
go back one level [man] |
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# cd ../.. |
go back two levels [man] |
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# cd |
go to home directory [man] |
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# cd ~user1 |
go to home directory [man] |
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# cd - |
go to previous directory [man] |
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# cp file1 file2 |
copying a file [man] |
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# cp dir/* . |
copy all files of a directory within the current work directory [man] |
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# cp -a /tmp/dir1 . |
copy a directory within the current work directory [man] |
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# cp -a dir1 dir2 |
copy a directory [man] |
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# cp file file1 |
outputs the mime type of the file as text [man] |
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# iconv -l |
lists known encodings [man] |
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# iconv -f fromEncoding -t toEncoding inputFile > outputFile |
converting the coding of characters from one format to another [man] |
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# find . -maxdepth 1 -name *.jpg -print -exec convert |
batch resize files in the current directory and send them to a thumbnails directory (requires convert from Imagemagick) [man] |
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# ln -s file1 lnk1 |
create a symbolic link to file or directory [man] |
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# ln file1 lnk1 |
create a physical link to file or directory [man] |
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# ls |
view files of directory [man] |
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# ls -F |
view files of directory [man] |
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# ls -l |
show details of files and directory [man] |
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# ls -a |
show hidden files [man] |
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# ls *[0-9]* |
show files and directory containing numbers [man] |
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# lstree |
show files and directories in a tree starting from root(2) [man] |
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# mkdir dir1 |
create a directory called 'dir1' [man] |
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# mkdir dir1 dir2 |
create two directories simultaneously [man] |
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# mkdir -p /tmp/dir1/dir2 |
create a directory tree [man] |
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# mv dir1 new_dir |
rename / move a file or directory [man] |
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# pwd |
show the path of work directory [man] |
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# rm -f file1 |
delete file called 'file1' [man] |
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# rm -rf dir1 |
remove a directory called 'dir1' and contents recursively [man] |
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# rm -rf dir1 dir2 |
remove two directories and their contents recursively [man] |
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# rmdir dir1 |
delete directory called 'dir1' [man] |
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# touch -t 0712250000 file1 |
modify timestamp of a file or directory - (YYMMDDhhmm) [man] |
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# tree |
show files and directories in a tree starting from root(1) [man] |
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