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Learning the Command Line
Cards in this deck (40)
- 1PWDPrint Working Directory
- 2HostnameMy computer's hostname
- 3mkdirMake directory
- 4cdchange directory
- 5lslist directory
- 6rmdirremove directory
- 7pushdpush directory
- 8popdpop directory
- 9cpcopy file or directory
- 10mvrename a file or directory
- 11lesspage through a file
- 12catprint the whole file
- 13xargsexecute arguments
- 14findfind files
(find STARTDIR -name WILDCARD -print) - 15grepfind things inside files
- 16manread a manual page
- 17aproposfind what man page is appropriate
- 18envlook at your environment
- 19echoprint some arguments
- 20exportexport/set a new environment variable
- 21exitexit the shell
- 22sudoBecome super user root
- 23chmodchange permission modifiers
- 24chownchange ownership
- 25mkdir -pMake multiple directories in a path
- 26mkdir '....'Make a directory with a space in the name
- 27ls -lRList all sub-folders and files in a directory
- 28touchmake an empty file
- 29cp -rCopy a directory and all the files in it.
- 30rmremove file
- 31rm -rfrecursive remove
(remove all files in a directory) - 32|"Pipes" command on left to file on right side of symbol.
- 33<Takes input from right and directs it to the left.
- 34>Takes input from left and outputs it to right.
- 35>>Takes input from left and appends it to the file on the right.
- 36*Matches anything in a wildcard (ex. *.txt, e*.*, e*, t*, etc.)
- 37clearclear the terminal screen
- 38cat >filename.txtType a new file in command prompt
- 39crtl-DQuit text editor inside command prompt.
- 40grep -iMake grep not case sensitive.
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- 9999 Tech Stuff (Web Dev) Flashcards on Learning the Command Line, created by blackirish1987 on 09/07/2015.
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