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Action Needed | Command | Usage |
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Display contents of a file | cat | cat filename |
Copy a file | cp | cp [-op] source destination |
Change file protection | chmod | chmod mode filename or |
Change working directory | cd | cd pathname |
Display file (/w pauses) | more | more filename |
Display first page of text | less | less filename |
Display help | man | man command or |
Rename a file | mv | mv [-op] filename1 filename2 or |
Compare file | diff | diff file1 file2 |
Delete file | rm | rm [-op] filename |
Create a directory | mkdir | mkdir directory_name |
Delete a directory /w files in it | rmdir -r | rm -r directory_name |
Delete a directory | rmdir | rmdir directory_name |
Display a list of files | ls | ls [-op] directory_name |
Change the password | passwd | passwd |
Display a long list (details) | ls -l | ls -l directory_name |
Display current directory | pwd | pwd |
Display mounted filesystems | df | df |
What text editors are available?
nano, nedit, vi, vim, emacs
How do I strip out ^M embedded characters in my files I transferred from my PC?
Use the dos2unix command on the file. There is man page documentation available for further info.
What is a man page?
man pages are linux/unix style text based documentation. For example, to obtain documentation on the command cat:
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