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pwd
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Show current directory
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mkdir <dir>
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Make directory <dir>
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cd <dir>
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Change directory to <dir>
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cd ..
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Go up one directory
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ls
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List files
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cat <file>
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print the contents of <file>
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cat <file1> <file2>
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concatenate <file1> and
<file2> and print the result |
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less <file>
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view and paginate <file>
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cp <file1> <file2>
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copy <file1> to <file2>
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mv <file1> <file2>
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move <file1> to <file2>
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rm <file>
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delete <file>
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head <file>
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show the first 10 lines of
<file> |
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tail <file>
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show the last 10 lines of
<file> |
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nano <file>
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edit the contents of <file>
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CTRL-c
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Stop current command
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CTRL-a
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Go to start of line
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CTRL-e
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Go to end of line
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CTRL-r
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Search history
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TAB
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Auto-complete current command or filename
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TAB TAB
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Show possible completion options
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Use TAB completion as much as possible, it both makes typing faster and prevents typing errors!
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Saving files
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Ctrl-O
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Save file (confirm with Y)
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Ctrl-X
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Close file (confirm saving with Y)
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Cut and paste
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ALT-A
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Start marking text
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CTRL-K
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Cut marked text or line
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CTRL-U
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Paste text
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Navigate file
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CTRL-A
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Beginning of line
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CTRL-E
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End of line
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CTRL-C
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Show line number
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CTRL-_
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Go to line number
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Search
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CTRL-W
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Find text
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ALT-W
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Find next occurrence
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ifconfig
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Display current network configuration
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ifconfig <iface> up
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activate interface <iface>
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ifconfig <iface> down
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deactivate interface <iface>
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ifconfig <iface> <ip> netmask <mask>
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configure interface <iface> with given <ip> and <mask>
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ping <ip>
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check if <ip> is reachable
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command < file
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Input of command from file
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command > file
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Output of command to file
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command > /dev/null
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Discard output of command
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command >> file
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Append output of command to file
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