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Basic Linux Commands:: Viewing, Copying, Moving and Deleting Files

This document provides summaries of basic Linux commands for viewing, copying, moving, and deleting files, as well as commands for user administration, processes, networking, and system information. It lists the ls, cp, rm, mv, cat, more, head, tail, pwd, and mkdir commands for navigating, copying, removing, and creating files and directories. It also summarizes commands for listing users and processes, controlling processes, checking network connectivity, and viewing system details.

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Basic Linux Commands:: Viewing, Copying, Moving and Deleting Files

This document provides summaries of basic Linux commands for viewing, copying, moving, and deleting files, as well as commands for user administration, processes, networking, and system information. It lists the ls, cp, rm, mv, cat, more, head, tail, pwd, and mkdir commands for navigating, copying, removing, and creating files and directories. It also summarizes commands for listing users and processes, controlling processes, checking network connectivity, and viewing system details.

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Basic Linux Commands:

Viewing, copying, moving and deleting files


Display the contents of the current
ls
directory
Display also hidden files and hidden
ls -a
directories

cp filename Copy filename into directory


/path/dir_name /path/dir_name
cp -r dir_name Copy the entire dir_name into
/path/dir_name2 /path/dir_name2
cp filename1 filename2 Copy filename1 and filename2 into
/path/dir_name /path/dir_name

rm name Remove a file or directory called name


Remove an entire directory as well as its
rm -r name
included files and subdirectories

mv filename
Move filename into /path/dir_name
/path/dir_name
mv filename1 filename2 Rename filename1 to filename2

cat filename Display filenames contents

Display filename in pages. Use spacebar to


more filename
view next page

head filename Display filenames first 10 lines


head -15 filename Display filenames first 15 lines

tail filename Display filenames last 10 lines


tail -15 filename Display filenames last 15 lines

pwd Display current directory


cd /path/dir_name Change to directory /path/dir_name
cd .. Go 1 directory up

mkdir dir_name Create directory dir_name


rmdir dir_name Delete directory dir_name

User administration
users Display users currently logged in
who List logged-in users
whoami Display current user
su Log in as root from current login
su - Log in as root from current login and take root's path
exit Exit from console login (ie, logout).

Processes

ctrl+z Suspend a program


ctrl+c Interrupt a program
ps List all processes
kill -9 pid Kill process with id pid
top Monitor processes in real time

Networking

hostname List the system's hostname


ifconfig Set/Display network information
host ip Resolves ip's hostname
ping ip/hostname Check if ip/hostname is reachable
traceroute ip/hostname Find network path to ip/hostname

System Information
uname -a General system information
fdisk -l List partition tables
cp filename Copy filename into directory
/path/dir_name /path/dir_name
df -T –h List filesystem disk space usage

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