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1.

Basic Unix commands: who, 1s, ln, cp, rm, mv,


chmod, chown, mkdir, rmdir, pwd,cd and so on.

1. who
● Usage: Displays information about users currently logged
into the system.
who

2. ls
● Usage: Lists files and directories in the current directory.
ls

3. ln
● Usage: Creates links between files. Can be used to create
hard or soft (symbolic) links.
ln file1 link1 # Hard link
ln -s file1 link1 # Symbolic (soft) link

4. cp
● Usage: Copies files or directories.
cp file1 file2 # Copy file1 to file2
cp -r dir1 dir2 # Copy directory dir1 to dir2

5. rm
● Usage: Removes files or directories.
rm file1 # Remove file1
rm -r dir1 # Remove directory dir1 and its contents

6. mv
● Usage: Moves or renames files or directories.
mv file1 newname # Rename file1 to newname
mv file1 /newdir/ # Move file to directory /newdir/

7. chmod
● Usage: Changes the file permissions.
chmod 755 file1
# Give owner read, write, and execute; others read and execute

chmod +x script.sh # Make script executable

8. chown
● Usage: Changes the ownership of files or directories.

chown user:group file1 # Change owner of file1 to user


and group to group

9. mkdir
● Usage: Creates a new directory.

mkdir newdir # Create a directory named newdir

10. rmdir
● Usage: Removes empty directories.

rmdir newdir # Remove empty directory newdir

11. pwd
● Usage: Prints the working directory (the directory you are
currently in).
pwd

12. cd
● Usage: Changes the current directory.

cd /path/to/directory # Change to the specified directory


cd .. # Move up one directory

13. touch
● Usage: Creates a new empty file or updates the timestamp
of an existing file.
touch newfile # Create a new file named newfile

14. cat
● Usage: Displays the contents of a file.

cat file1 # Show the contents of file1

15. echo
● Usage: Displays a line of text or the value of a variable.

echo "Hello, World!"

16. man
● Usage: Displays the manual or help page for a specific
command.

man ls # Show the manual for the 'ls' command

17. grep
● Usage: Searches for patterns in files.

grep 'pattern' file1 # Search for 'pattern' in file1

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