Basic Linux Commands

• man -> we type man to get manual.

• eg. "man ls" we get all the commands related to the listing.

• man ls command

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• Description of manual command.

• clear -> It is used to clear the terminal or screen.

• clear -x -> It clears the terminal but we can scroll to check the previous data.

• pwd -> Whenever we feel lost in the file system, call the pwd command to know where you are: It will print the current folder path.

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listing command

• ls -> Inside a folder you can list all the files that the folder contains using the ls command.

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• ls -l -> provides a long form of a list.

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• ls -a -> also show .files from the list.

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  ls -al -> show both long-form and .files from the list.

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  ls -i -> print the index number of each file.

Change Directory

• cd -> cd means "change directory" which changes the path from one folder to another folder.

• eg. " cd A/ " so now we are in the A folder.

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  cd .. -> This means changing the directory to one folder back.

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  cd ../../../.. -> This means changing directory to 4 folders back.

• Make Directory

• mkdir -> Means Make Directory or Make One Folder.

• eg. mkdir series -> so we made a series folder.

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  mkdir -p -> is used to create nested folder.

• eg. mkdir -p A/B/C/D/E so we created nested folder of A where we folder insider folder.