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Linux Basic Commands Updated

This document provides a summary of basic Linux commands including their usage and descriptions. It lists commands for listing files (ls), copying files (cp), moving or renaming files (mv), deleting files (rm), linking files (ln), changing directories (cd), printing the current directory (pwd), creating directories (mkdir), deleting directories (rmdir), viewing files (cat), numbering lines (nl), using a text editor (vi), displaying file attributes (stat), counting bytes/words/lines (wc), changing file owners (chown), changing file groups (chgrp), setting/displaying network information (ifconfig), and changing advanced file attributes (chattr).

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Linux Basic Commands Updated

This document provides a summary of basic Linux commands including their usage and descriptions. It lists commands for listing files (ls), copying files (cp), moving or renaming files (mv), deleting files (rm), linking files (ln), changing directories (cd), printing the current directory (pwd), creating directories (mkdir), deleting directories (rmdir), viewing files (cat), numbering lines (nl), using a text editor (vi), displaying file attributes (stat), counting bytes/words/lines (wc), changing file owners (chown), changing file groups (chgrp), setting/displaying network information (ifconfig), and changing advanced file attributes (chattr).

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Basic Linux Commands

Command
ls

Usage
ls /directory_path

Description
List files

eg: ls /usr/lib

cp

cp file_path /destination_directory_path
Copy files
eg: cp student /home/cloudera/Desktop

mv file_path
/destination_directory_path
mv
eg: mv myfile.txt /newdirectory

Renames a file or moves


it from one directory to
another directory

mv current_filename new_filename
eg: mv computer.txt computer_hope.txt

rm file_path
rm

Delete files
eg: rm /home/cloudera/Desktop/file_name

ln file_path /destination_directory_path
ln

Link files
eg: ln student /home/cloudera/Desktop

cd /Directory_path

Change directory

cd
eg: cd /usr/lib/Hadoop-0.20

pwd

pwd

Print current directory


name

Command

Usage

Description

mkdir /new_directory_path

mkdir

eg: mkdir
/home/cloudera/Desktop/new_directory

Create directory

rmdir /directory_path
rmdir
eg: rmdir
/home/cloudera/Desktop/directory

Delete directory

cat /file_path
cat

View files
eg: cat /home/cloudera/file_name

nl /file_path
nl

Number lines
eg: nl studentRoll

vi /file_path
vi

Text Editor
eg: vi studentRoll

stat /file_path
stat

Display file
attributes(properties)

eg: stat studentRoll

wc /file_path
wc

Count bytes/words/lines
eg: wc studentRoll

Command

Usage

Description

chown user_name file_path


chown

eg: chown cloudera


/home/cloudera/Desktop/README.txt

Change file owner

chgrp group_name /file_path


chgrp

eg: chgrp admin


/home/cloudera/Desktop/README.txt

Change file group

ifconfig

ifconfig

Set/display network
information/ Ip address

sudo chattr +i/-i /file_path


chattr
eg: sudo chattr +i
/home/cloudera/Desktop/README.txt

Change advanced file


attributes

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