Hello, in this linux commands tutorial i will discuss about some basic linux command which i think every user should know. If you are a developer then it is must needed thing that need to know about some basic linux command.
So let's see some linux commands with examples and syntax. I will give an example with command and code. Let's see one after another.
Create a New File :
To create a new file, use touch command
touch file.txt
To create multiple files, can be done with the help of &&.
touch file_2.txt && touch file_3.txt
Create New Directory:
To create a new directory, use mkdir command.
To create a new directory, use mkdir command.
Read a File:
There are many ways to read a file like
nano file.txt
The second way of reading a file is using cat or more command.
cat file.txt
Edit a File:
To edit a file can be done using text editor or related application with the file's type. In this example, the file with .txt extension is edited with text editor using nano.
Open a file with nano command.
nano file.txt
Edit file and then Save the file's changes with Ctrl + X then confirm by pressing Y. After that, hit Enter.
View Files:
To view a list of files can be done by using ls command.
ls
Move and Copy File:
Wanna move a certain file, use mv command followed with target file and target directory. In this example, the file called file.txt moved to the mydirectory directory.
mv file.txt mydirectory
Wanna copy a certain file, use cp command followed with target file and target directory.
cp file_2.txt mydirectory
Remove File and Directory:
Wanna remove certain file, use rm command followed with file name.
rm file_2.txt
To remove a directory, use rmdir command followed with directory name.
rmdir directory
To remove a directory and its content. Use rm -rf.
rm -rf directory_name
Want to change the file or directory ownership, use chown command followed with user's name.
chown cool.txt other_user
Wanna learn more about specific commands, just add --help
ls --help
Hope it can help you.
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