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Unix Command Guide

The document is a comprehensive guide to Unix commands, covering various categories including directory navigation, file operations, viewing file content, file permissions, and more. It provides specific command syntax and examples for each category, making it a useful reference for users. Additionally, it includes sections on advanced text tools and shell scripting basics.

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Unix Command Guide

The document is a comprehensive guide to Unix commands, covering various categories including directory navigation, file operations, viewing file content, file permissions, and more. It provides specific command syntax and examples for each category, making it a useful reference for users. Additionally, it includes sections on advanced text tools and shell scripting basics.

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Complete Unix Command Guide

Complete Unix Command Reference

1. DIRECTORY & FILE NAVIGATION


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pwd - Print current directory
cd /path - Change to directory
cd .. - Go to parent directory
cd - - Go to previous directory
ls - List files
ls -al - List all files with details

2. FILE OPERATIONS
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touch file.txt - Create file
cp file1 file2 - Copy file
cp -r dir1 dir2 - Copy directory
mv old new - Move or rename
rm file - Delete file
rm -rf dir - Delete folder recursively
mkdir folder - Create directory
rmdir folder - Delete empty directory

3. VIEWING FILE CONTENT


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cat file - Show content
less file - View content page-wise
more file - Similar to less
head file - First 10 lines
tail file - Last 10 lines
tail -f file - Monitor live updates

4. FILE PERMISSIONS
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chmod 755 file - rwxr-xr-x permission
chmod u+x file - Add execute to user
chown user:group file - Change owner
ls -l - View permissions

5. FINDING FILES
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find /path -name "*.log" - Find .log files
find . -type f -mtime -1 - Modified in last 1 day
find . -size +100M - Larger than 100MB
locate filename - Locate quickly

6. TEXT SEARCHING
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grep "text" file - Search text
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grep -i "text" - Case-insensitive


grep -r "text" dir - Recursive search
grep -v "text" - Exclude text
grep -A 3 -B 2 "fail" - Contextual lines

7. DISK USAGE
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df -h - Disk usage
du -sh * - Size of files/folders
du -ah | sort -rh | head -10 - Top 10 biggest

8. PROCESS MANAGEMENT
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ps -ef - List processes
top - Live usage
kill PID - Kill process
kill -9 PID - Force kill
jobs, bg, fg - Job control

9. NETWORKING
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ping host - Ping test
netstat -tulnp - Open ports
curl URL - Fetch data
wget URL - Download
scp file user@host:/path - Copy to remote
ssh user@host - SSH login

10. ARCHIVE & COMPRESS


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tar -cvf file.tar dir - Create archive
tar -xvf file.tar - Extract
tar -czvf file.tar.gz dir - Gzip tar
gzip/gunzip file - Compress/decompress
zip/unzip file - Zip/unzip

11. CRONTAB
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crontab -l - List jobs
crontab -e - Edit cron jobs
crontab -r - Remove jobs

Syntax: * * * * * /command.sh

12. SYSTEM INFO


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uname -a - System info
uptime - How long running
whoami - Current user
hostname - Hostname
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date - Current date/time


cal - Calendar

13. ADVANCED TEXT TOOLS


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AWK:
awk '{print $1, $3}' file.txt
awk -F ',' '{print $2}' file.csv

SED:
sed 's/old/new/g' file.txt
sed -n '5,10p' file.txt

14. SHELL SCRIPTING BASICS


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#!/bin/bash
echo "Hello, $USER"
now=$(date)
echo "Current time: $now"

Loops:
for i in {1..5}; do echo "Number: $i"; done

If:
if [ -f /etc/passwd ]; then echo "Exists"; fi

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