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The following is a table describing some simple unix file commands
and their usage. For further information regarding these commands,
or any unix command in general, do a man command.
- cd
- change directory cd newdirectory
- ls
- list file's status ls filename
- cp
- copy files cp oldfile newfile
- mv
- move files mv oldfile newfile
- rm
- remove files rm filename
- ln
- create links ln [-s] filename linkname
- pwd
- print working directory pwd
- mkdir
- create directories mkdir dirname
- rmdir
- remove directories rmdir dirname
- umask
- set file masking umask 022
- chmod
- change file permissions chmod 644 filename
- chown
- change file ownership chown newowner filename
- chgrp
- change group ownership chgrp newgroup filename
- cmp
- compare 2 files, char for char cmp file1 file2
- diff
- compare 2 files, line by line diff file1 file2
- cat
- show contents of file cat filename
- more
- show contents of file, by page more filename
- df
- show free disk blocks df
This list of file system commands is in no way exhaustive. There are
many more commands available to manipulate unix files.
For more information, see section Basic UNIX Commands.
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