unix commands

cat

display file contents

cd

change to home directory

cd ..

change directory to parent

cp

copy a file or directory to a destination

ls

Displays the files inside a directory. (basic listing)

ls -l

lists all contents in long format

ls -a

list all files including hidden files

ls -lrt

list files in reverse time order

mkdir

make a new directory

ls -t

order files and directories by the time they were last modified

more

displays data in paginated form

mv

move/rename a file or directory

pwd

print current working directory

rm

remove a file

rmdir

removes an empty directory

man

Displays the manual page for a command

telnet

makes terminal connection

ssh

secure shell

scp

secure shell remote file copy

script

keep script of terminal session

lph

getting physical printout of file

head

displays first 10 lines of file

tail

displays the last 10 lines of a file

.

current directory

..

parent directory

unix shell

bash

cd ~

change to home directory

*

match zero or more (any amount) of characters

?

match one and only one character (could be any
character, just one of them)

man command

read the manual page for a command