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Category
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Command
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Meaning
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help
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man topic
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Displays the manual page for topic.
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info
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Brings up InfoExplorer.
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navigation
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pwd
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Displays the path of the current directory.
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cd
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Navigates to home directory.
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cd ..
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Navigates to parent directory.
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cd path
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Changes the current directory to path.
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directories
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ls
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Lists normal files and directories in the current directory.
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ls -l
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Same as previous, but displays extended information.
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ls -ltr
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Same as previous, but reverses sort by modification time.
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directories
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ls -aF
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Lists everything in the current directory, with file types.
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ls -alFR
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Lists recursively everything in the current directory.
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mkdir dirname
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Makes a directory called dirname.
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rm -rf dirname
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Removes recursively the directory called dirname.
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cp -r srcdir dstdir
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Copies recursively srcdir to dstdir.
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files
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mv src dest
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Moves src file to dest file (can also be used to rename a file).
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cp src dest
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Copies src file to dest file.
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rm filename
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Removes filename.
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more filename
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Displays filename, with scrolling control.
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redirection
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cmd > path
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Places the output of cmd into the file path.
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cmd >> path
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Appends the output of cmd to the file path.
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cmd1 | cmd2
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Uses the output of cmd as the input for cmd2.
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processes
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ps -aux
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Displays information about all your processes.
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ps -Af
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Displays information about all processes.
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cmd &
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Runs cmd as a background process.
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Ctrl-C
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Kills the current foreground process.
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Ctrl-Z
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Suspends the current foreground process.
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bg
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Runs the most recently suspended process in the background.
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fg
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Brings the process most recently put in the background to the foreground.
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kill pid
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Terminates the process with id pid (Use kill -9 pid to force).
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