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5.

’wh

o’

Com

mand

It is used to display who are the users connected to our computer currently.

Syntax : $who – option‟s

Options : -

H–Display the output with headers.


b–Display the last booting date or time or when the

system was lastely rebooted. 6.’who am i’ Command :

Display the details of the current working directory.

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It help us to know about the particular command and its options & working. It is
like
„help‟ command in windows .

Syntax :

$man

<comma

nd

name>

11.LIST

Comman

d:

It is used to list all the contents in the current working directory.

Syntax : $ ls – options <arguments>


If the command does not contain any argument means it is working in the Current
directory.

Options :
a– used to list all the files
including the hidden
files. c– list all the files
columnwise.
d- list all the directories.
m- list the files separated by commas.
p- list files
include „/‟ to all
the directories.
r- list the files in
reverse
alphabetical
order.
f- list the files based
on the list
modification date. x-
list in column wise
sorted order.

DIRECTORY RELATED COMMANDS :

1. Present Working Directory Command :

To print the complete path of the current working directory.

Syntax : $pwd

2. MKDIR Command :

To create or make a new directory in a current directory .

Syntax :

$mkdir

<director

y name>

3.CD

Comman

d:

To change or move the directory to the mentioned directory .

Synt

ax :

$cd

<direc

tory

name.

4.RM
DIR

Com

mand

To remove a directory in the current directory & not the current directory itself.
Syntax : $rmdir <directory name>

FILE RELATED COMMANDS :

1.CREATE A FILE :

To create a new file in the current directory we use CAT command.

Syntax : $cat > <filename.


The > symbol is

redirectory we use cat

command. 2.DISPLAY

A FILE :

To display the content of file mentioned we use CAT command without „>‟
operator.

Syntax : $cat <filename.

Options –s = to neglect

the warning /error

message. 3.COPYING

CONTENTS :

To copy the content of one file with another. If file doesnot


exist, a new file is created and if the file exists with some
data then it is overwritten.

Syntax : $ cat <filename source> >> <destination filename>


$ cat <source filename> >> <destination filename> it is avoid overwriting.
Options :

-n content of file with numbers included with blank lines.

Syntax :
$cat –n <filename>
4. SORTING A FILE :
To sort the contents in alphabetical order in reverse order.

Syntax :
$sort <filename >

Option : $ sort –r <filename>

5. COPYING CONTENTS FROM ONE FILE TO ANOTHER :


To copy the contents from source to destination file . so that both contents are
same.

Syntax :
$cp <source filename> <destination filename>
$cp <source filename path > <destination filename path>

6. MOVE Command :
To completely move the contents from source file to
destination file and to remove the source file.
Syntax :
$ mv <source filename> <destination filename>

7. REMOVE Command :
To permanently remove the file we use this command .

Syntax :
$rm <filename>

8. WORD Command :
To list the content count of no of lines , words, characters .
Syntax :

$wc<filename>

Options :
-c – to display no of characters.
-l – to display only the lines.
-w – to display the no of words.
FILTERS AND PIPES

HEAD : It is used to display the top ten lines of file.

Syntax: $head<filename>

TAIL : This command is used to display the last ten lines of file.

Syntax: $tail<filename>

PAGE : This command shows the page by page a screen full of


information is displayed after which the page command displays a
prompt and passes for the user to strike the enter key to
continue scrolling.

Syntax: $ls –a\p

MORE : It also displays the file page by page .To continue


scrolling with more command , press the space bar key.

Syntax: $more<filename>

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