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Linux Command Line
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Computer Science
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08/21/2013
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pwd
 Definition
print working directory
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hostname
 Definition
display the computer's hostname
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mkdir
 Definition
make directory
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cd
 Definition
change directory
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ls
 Definition
list directory
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rmdir
 Definition
remove directory
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pushd
 Definition
push directory
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popd
 Definition
pop directory
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cp
 Definition
copy file or directory
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mv
 Definition
move a file or directory
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less
 Definition
page through a file
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cat
 Definition
print the whole file
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xargs
 Definition
execute arguments
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find
 Definition
find files
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grep
 Definition
find things inside a file
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man
 Definition
read a manual page
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apropos
 Definition
find what page is appropriate
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env
 Definition
look at your environment
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echo
 Definition
point some arguments
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export
 Definition
export/set a new environment variable
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exit
 Definition
exit the shell
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chmod
 Definition
change the permission modifiers
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sudo
 Definition
become super root user DANGER!
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chown
 Definition
change ownership
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echo "..." > example.txt
 Definition
adds quoted text to the example file
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ls *.txt
 Definition
prints all .txt files in a directory
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