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Utility
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Purpose
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pwd |
Display current working directory
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cd |
Change directory
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ls |
List files and directories
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tree |
Display directory tree
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Utility
|
Purpose
|
rm |
Remove files/directories
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rmdir |
Remove empty directories
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shred |
Securely overwrite and remove files
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Utility
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Purpose
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stat |
Detailed file information
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file |
Determine file type
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ls -l |
File permissions and ownership
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du |
Directory size
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df |
Directory size
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Utility
|
Purpose
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diff |
Compare files line by line
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cmp |
Compare byte by byte
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comm |
Compare sorted files
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Utility
|
Purpose
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touch |
Create empty file/update timestamp
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mkdir |
Create directory
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Utility
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Purpose
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cat |
Display file contents
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less |
View large files
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more |
Simple pager
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head |
First lines
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tail |
Last lines
|
nl |
Display line numbers
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Utility
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Purpose
|
ln |
Create hard links
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ln -s |
Create symbolic links
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readlink |
Display symbolic link target
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realpath |
Resolve absolute path
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Utility
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Purpose
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tar |
Archive
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cpio |
Archive
|
gzip |
Compress
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bzip2 |
Compress
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xz |
Compress
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Utility
|
Purpose
|
cp |
Copy files/directories
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mv |
Move or rename files/directories
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Utility
|
Purpose
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find |
Search files/directories
|
locate |
Fast filename search
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which |
Locate executable
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whereis |
Locate binary, source, man page
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Utility
|
Purpose
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chmod |
Change permissions
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chown |
Change owner
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chgrp |
Change group
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umask |
Set default permissions
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Utility
|
Purpose
|
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rsync
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Synchronize files/directories
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Utility
|
Purpose
|
du |
Directory usage
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df |
Filesystem usage
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