Some Basic Linux Files commands ~ Not so techie

Some Basic Linux Files commands

Posted by Dev On March 10, 2012 0 comments

I am presenting some basic linux commands which is very useful for the newbie:
(1) Files related commands

ls -l :List files in current directory using long format.
ls -al :List files in current directory with hidden files.
ls -F :List files in current directory and indicate the files types.
rm name :Remove a file or directory called name.
rm -rf name :Remove all directory and subdirectory under name directory.
cp filename /home/dev :Copy the file called filename to the /home/dev directory.
cat filename :To display the content of file named filename.
more filename :To display file named filename one page at a time, when u want to proceed to next page use the spacebar.
head filename :To display the first 10 lines of the file called filename.
tail filename :To display the last 10 lines of the file called filename. (tail -f file: output the last 10 line contents of file named file.)
touch filename :To create a file named filename.
mv file1 file2 :Rename or move file 1 to file2 if file2 existing directory, moves file1 into files2.

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