Beginners help

Beginners help

LINUX / UNIX Examples

Supplement to man pages.

	List current directory with ls.

	Make or update files with touch.

	du is a utility that shows disk usage.

	Change directory with cd.

	Make directories with mkdir.

	Use cp and cp -r to copy files and directories.

	Use mv to move and rename files and directories.

	Search for files and directories with find.

	Use chmod to change permissions.

	Copy files and directories with rcp (not secure).

	NFS mount. Mount a remote servers disk localy.

	Make symbolic link with ln -s.

	Remove files or directories with rm.

	Write image to disk or floppy with dd.

	File globbing. Use symbolic expressions to select files.

	Edit text in batch mode with sed.

	Concatenate and print (show) files with cat.

	Select portions of each line of a file with cut.

	Display date with date.

	Minimum vi .



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