Basic Linux commands.

Abinash Panda

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Dec 31, 2019

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• “~” means home directory
• “/” means root directory
• “.” means current directory
• “..” means previous directory

pwd

• present working directory

pwd// output
/home/abinash/workspace

cd

• change directory

// go to previous directory
cd ..// go to root
cd /// go to home
cd ~

mkdir

• to create a new directory

mkdir app

rmdir

• to delete a directory

// can only remove empty directory
rmdir app// to remove non-empty directory
rmdir -rf app

touch

• to create a new file

touch index.html

file

• to know the file type

file index.html

mv

• to move or rename a file/dir

// renaming a file from file1.txt to file2.txt
mv file1.text file2.txt// moving file1.txt to home directory
mv file1.txt  ~

man

• to display the manual of that command

man vim

cp

• to copy a file/dir

cp index.html ./

ls

• display the files in that dir

// flag to display with hidden files
ls -a

rm

• remove one or more files

rm index.html index.css

whoami

• to know the current user

find

• to find a file

cat

• to print the file in terminal

whatis

• to know about a command

whatis ssh

tree

nano

• nano is a CLI text editor

// if file is not created it will create for you
nano index.html

• ctrl + x to exit
• ctrl + s to save

clear

• to clear the screen

exit

• to exit the terminal