Top 10 commands important for LINUX Newbies
TOP 10 Commands for LINUX Newbies
1 . ls - list directory contents . By normally using 'ls' we will not able to see the dot files .
Inorder to see the dot files , we can use ls -a - list almost all contents of the directory .
2 . cd - Change directory . use to change from one directory to other .
cd .. - change directory to previous one .
cd directory_name - changes to the respective directory .
3 . touch - used to create the files . touch filename .
4. vi filename , gedit filename : where vi and gedit are the text editors to write the content to the file .
5 . echo : Echo is been used as a print statement , also to write data into the file .
echo "content of the file " > filename - write the content inbetween the "" into the file . > - represents , replacing the content of the file with the given string
echo "content of the file" >> filename - append the content at the end of the file (>>)
6. mkdir directoryname - used to create a directory .
7. alias : alias is been used to create a shortcut for a command .
alias cl="clear" . Now we can use cl to clear the window .
8. top : used to see the background running process . each process has a unique PID (process ID ) . we can also kill the process kill PID .
9: mv : used to rename a file . also used to move a file from one location to another .
i. mv old_filename new_filename
ii. mv filename Destination location
10 . rm , rm -rf : rm is been used to delete a file . rmdir used to delete the directory . rm -rf is been used for both .
Be cautious while using " rm -rf " because rm -rf / will delete all of your data , and it cant be brought back .
Inorder to see the working flow of the above commands , visit my youtube channel . Here is link for video
1 . ls - list directory contents . By normally using 'ls' we will not able to see the dot files .
Inorder to see the dot files , we can use ls -a - list almost all contents of the directory .
2 . cd - Change directory . use to change from one directory to other .
cd .. - change directory to previous one .
cd directory_name - changes to the respective directory .
3 . touch - used to create the files . touch filename .
4. vi filename , gedit filename : where vi and gedit are the text editors to write the content to the file .
5 . echo : Echo is been used as a print statement , also to write data into the file .
echo "content of the file " > filename - write the content inbetween the "" into the file . > - represents , replacing the content of the file with the given string
echo "content of the file" >> filename - append the content at the end of the file (>>)
6. mkdir directoryname - used to create a directory .
7. alias : alias is been used to create a shortcut for a command .
alias cl="clear" . Now we can use cl to clear the window .
8. top : used to see the background running process . each process has a unique PID (process ID ) . we can also kill the process kill PID .
9: mv : used to rename a file . also used to move a file from one location to another .
i. mv old_filename new_filename
ii. mv filename Destination location
10 . rm , rm -rf : rm is been used to delete a file . rmdir used to delete the directory . rm -rf is been used for both .
Be cautious while using " rm -rf " because rm -rf / will delete all of your data , and it cant be brought back .
Inorder to see the working flow of the above commands , visit my youtube channel . Here is link for video
Comments
Post a Comment