Commands that everyone should be familiar with - more details
directories
to change directories
to make a directory
to remove a directory
what directory am I in
joining commands with pipes
output redirection
Commands that are different between dos and UNIX
to delete a file
to copy a file
to change a file’s location
to change a file’s name
to look at a file’s contents
to look at a file’s contents one screen at a time
network related commands
to connect to a remote machine
to change your password
to copy files to/from remote machine
to determine if machine is accessible
file contents
to see how many parts (characters, words, lines) are in a file
to see how many characters
to see how many words
to see how many lines
view the end of a file
to view the beginning of a file
to find a "string" in a file
to find a string in the output of a command
to create an empty file
to determine what "type" of file
find a file on disk
file properties
to determine size/ownership/permissions of a file
to change the permissions on a file
to locate a file by name
determine how much disk space is used/available
user / group
/etc/passwd lists who has accounts on the machine
/etc/group lists the "groups" defined on a machine
display who you are and what group you belong to
display your environment
who is logged onto the machine
processes
what processes are running on the machine
sending output of one command to another command (pipe)
sending output of a command to a file (output redirection)
getting input for a command from a file (input redirection)
find out how to use a command
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