| echo |
Print out a string to screen |
Echo ‘Hello World’ |
| man |
Look at the manual page of a command |
man man |
| clear |
Clear the screen |
clear |
| <tab> |
Complete a path or command |
<tab> |
| cd |
Change directory |
cd /directory/path/ |
| pwd |
Print Working Directory |
pwd |
| ls |
List the contents of a directory |
ls /directory/path/ |
| mkdir |
Make a directory |
mkdir /directory/path/new_directory/ |
| cp |
Copy content to another path |
cp /directory/path/file.txt /directory/path/new_directory/ |
| mv |
Move content to a new path |
mv /directory/path/file.txt /directory/path/new_directory/ |
| rm |
Delete content |
rm /directory/path/file.txt |
| cat |
Print contents of a file to screen |
cat /directory/path/file.txt |
| head |
Print out the first n lines of a file to screen |
head -n 10 /directory/path/file.txt |
| tail |
Print the last n lines of a file to screen |
tail -n 12 /directory/path/file.txt |
| less |
Read a file one page at a time |
less /directory/path/file.txt |
| wc |
Print out line, word and byte count |
wc /directory/path/file.txt |
| grep |
Search for lines that contain a specific pattern |
grep “pattern” /directory/path/file.txt |
| vim |
Text editor |
vim /directory/path/file.txt |
