| Command | Description
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|---|
| pwd
| print working directory
|
| ls
| list contents of the current directory
|
| cd dir1
| changes directory to dir1
|
| cd ..
| moves up one level in the directory tree
|
| cp file1 file2
| copy file1 to file2
|
| man anything
| brings up the manual entry for the topic anything
|
| mv file1 file2
| move file1 to file2
|
| cat file1
| print the contents of file1 on the screen
|
| rm file1
| remove or delete file1
|
| mkdir dir1
| make directory called dir1
|
| rm -r dir1
| remove the directory tree starting with dir1 this removes all fiels and directorys in and under dir1
|
| passwd
| allows you to change your password
|
| who
| returns a list of the users logged on the system
|