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Commands

The document provides information about common Linux commands including cp, mv, cat, ls, diff. It lists the main options for each command along with a brief description of what each option does, such as copying or moving files, viewing file contents, listing files in a directory, and comparing differences between files.

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Commands

The document provides information about common Linux commands including cp, mv, cat, ls, diff. It lists the main options for each command along with a brief description of what each option does, such as copying or moving files, viewing file contents, listing files in a directory, and comparing differences between files.

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Copy from source to dest

$ cp [options] source dest

cp command options
cp command main options:
option description

cp -a archive files

cp -f force copy by removing the destination file if needed

cp -i interactive - ask before overwrite

cp -l link files instead of copy

cp -L follow symbolic links

cp -n no file overwrite

cp -R recursive copy (including hidden files)

cp -u update - copy when source is newer than dest

cp -v verbose - print informative messages

mv command syntax
$ mv [options] source dest

mv command options
mv command main options:
option description

mv -f force move by overwriting destination file without prompt

mv -i interactive prompt before overwrite

mv -u update - move when source is newer than destination

mv -v verbose - print source and destination files


cat command syntax
$ cat [options] file1 [file2...]

cat command options


cat command main options:
option description

cat -b add line numbers to non blank lines

cat -n add line numbers to all lines

cat -s squeeze blank lines to one line

ls syntax
$ ls [options] [file|dir]

ls command options
ls command main options:
option description

ls -a list all files including hidden file starting with '.'

ls --color colored list [=always/never/auto]

ls -d list directories - with ' */'

ls -i list file's inode index number

ls -l list with long format - show permissions

ls -la list long format including hidden files

ls -lh list long format with readable file size

ls -ls list with long format with file size

ls -r list in reverse order

ls -R list recursively directory tree

ls -s list file size

ls -S sort by file size


ls -t sort by time & date

3.4.2. diff¶
SYNOPSIS

diff [options] from-file to-file

DESCRIPTION

In the simplest case, diff compares the contents of the two files from- file and to-file.

-b
Ignore changes in amount of white space.

-B
Ignore changes that just insert or delete blank lines.

--brief
Report only whether the files differ, not the details of the differences.

-e, --ed
Make output that is a valid ed script.

-i
Ignore changes in case; consider upper- and lower-case letters equivalent.

-s, --report-identical-files
Report when two files are the same.

-w
Ignore white space when comparing lines.

-y
Use the side by side output format

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