Cheat Sheet: UNIX For Dummies, 5th Edition
Highlights
Quick list of shell commands
To do this | Type this |
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Cancel a command | Ctrl+U, Ctrl+X, or @ |
Change the working directory to /usr | cd/ usr |
Change the working directory back to your home directory | cd |
Copy a file | cp oldfile newfile |
Copy a file to another directory | cp oldfile dirname |
Copy a bunch of files to another directory | cp budget* dirname |
Copy all the files in this directory and in all its subdirectories | cp -r * newdir |
Erase a file | rm junkfile |
Rename a file | mv oldname newname |
Move a file to another directory | mv oldfile dirname |
List filenames | ls |
List filenames with sizes and dates | ls -l |
List hidden files too | ls -al |
List files and pause when screen is full | ls | more |
Look at a text file | cat letter |
Look at a long text file | more letter |
Make a new link (name) for a file | ln oldname newname |
Make new links (names) for files in a directory | ln dirname/* newdir |
Combine two files | cat file1 file2 > newfile |
Compare two files | diff file1 file2 |
Look at the manual page for the ls command | man ls |
Change your password | passwd |