Command |
What it stands for |
What it does |
To check your work |
pwd |
print working directory |
displays the name of your current directory |
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ls -l |
list (long form) |
displays contents of your current directory |
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mkdir dirName |
make directory |
creates a new directory dirName |
ls -l |
cd dirName |
change directory |
moves you to directory dirName |
pwd |
cp sourceFile targetFile |
copy |
makes a copy of sourceFile, called
targetFile |
ls -l |
mv sourceFile targetFile |
move |
renames sourceFile to targetFile |
ls -l |
chmod XXX fileName |
change mode |
changes permissions on fileName |
ls -l |