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”
About filenames Filenames can contain just about anything • Except/ • Hidden files start with a dot Case sensitivity...
How to Remove Directories (Folders) To remove an empty directory use the -d option. rm -d dirname Copy To remove non-empty...
Deleting files ■ rm • Warning: will delete files permanently. • rm a • rm a b c •...
PWD – Print Working Directory At the command line type pwd
Example of copy command Macbook-Air:demo reindertS Is -R alice Sherlock ./alice: alice.txt wonderland.jpg ./sherlock: holmes.jpg sherlock.txt Macbook-Air:demo reindertS...
Moving files ■ mv • Warning: will silently overwrite existing files! • Arguments: a source filename and a target...
Opening other files on Linux You need to have a graphical window utility installed. Linux does not offer a...
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