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Man WC Unix Will Show Command Lists

This document lists common UNIX commands and their functions, such as man to display command manuals, ls to list files, mkdir to make directories, cd to change directories, pwd to print the working directory, cp to copy files, mv to move or rename files, and rm to remove files. It also includes commands for viewing file contents like cat, less, head, and tail, as well as commands for searching files like grep to find text patterns and ignoring case.

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Man WC Unix Will Show Command Lists

This document lists common UNIX commands and their functions, such as man to display command manuals, ls to list files, mkdir to make directories, cd to change directories, pwd to print the working directory, cp to copy files, mv to move or rename files, and rm to remove files. It also includes commands for viewing file contents like cat, less, head, and tail, as well as commands for searching files like grep to find text patterns and ignoring case.

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UNIX COMMANDS

man wc

Unix will show command lists

ls

list files

ls a

list hidden files also

mkdir

make directory

cd

change directory

cd.

stay in current directory

cd..

back to home directory

pwd

present/print working directory

cd~

change to home directory

ls l

long listing of files

cp

copy files

mv

move files / rename files

rm

remove files

rmdir

remove directory

clear

clear screen

cat

display the content of the file

less

shows one page of a file ( used for long files )

head

first 10 lines of a file

tail

last 10 lines of a file

grep

search specific word or pattern


grep i

To ignore upper/lower case distinctions

grep v

To display those lines that do not match

grep n

Precede each matching line with line number

grep c

Prints total count of matched lines

grep ivc

Three commands at a time

command s

To run a command in background

ctrl+c

Kill the job running in foreground

ctrl+z

Suspend the job running in foreground

quota v

To check how much memory has been used

df

Space (i.e.) memory space left

du s*

Summarizes all files & directories sizes

gzip

Compress a file (i.e.) like zipping

gunzip

Expands a file (i.e) like unzipping

zcat

Helps to read zipped files without expanding

file*

Classifies the types of files used in a directory

diff

compares the contents of two files

history

Show command history unit

!!

Recall last command

!-3

Recall last three command

!5

Recall 5th command

!grep

Recall command starting with grep

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