Listing text files
cat
• Best for small files-no paging
• May mess up your terminal
• Use “reset” to fix terminal
less
• Pager with lots of features
• See “man less”
• Use space to move down a page
• Move back a page with “b”
• Search with”/”
• Exit with “q”
PWD – Print Working Directory At the command line type pwd
About filenames Filenames can contain just about anything • Except/ • Hidden files start with a dot Case sensitivity...
Opening other files on Linux You need to have a graphical window utility installed. Linux does not offer a...
type cd .. or cd by itself takes you to the users home directory.
-Your first bash sessionPrompt shows username, hostname and current working directory and Depends on configuration -“cd”: Change Directory -cd move...
Moving files ■ mv • Warning: will silently overwrite existing files! • Arguments: a source filename and a target...
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