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”
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...
-Your first bash sessionPrompt shows username, hostname and current working directory and Depends on configuration -“cd”: Change Directory -cd move...
Opening other files on Mac OS How to open non-text files? Mac OS: "open" • Opens the program associated...
How to Remove Directories (Folders) To remove an empty directory use the -d option. rm -d dirname Copy To remove non-empty...
Listing text files cat • Best for small files-no paging • May mess up your terminal • Use “reset”...
Moving files ■ mv • Warning: will silently overwrite existing files! • Arguments: a source filename and a target...
Options An argument that starts with a dash is called an option Is -a list all files (including hidden)...
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