Linux commands

[Chris Peterman]

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On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:12:56 +0200
albi <albi at scii.nl> wrote:

> Sumesh KS wrote:
> 
> > i new to Linux world. Can i get any information about using ubuntu
> > and terminal commands
> > 
> 
> i used to like this howto years ago :
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html
> 
> here's some more general and much more ubuntu-related help :
> 
> http://help.ubuntu.com
> http://wiki.ubuntu.com
> 
> 

Also I wrote a topic called "Terminal For Beginners" a couple months
back on the UbuntuForums. I cannot remember the address off the top of
my head, but it is linked from http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ChrisPeterman

People seemed to really like it :D

Also right now here are the most useful ones

ls: List the contents of the current directory (ls stands for LiSt)
cd <directory>: Change to the directory <directory> (cd stands for
Change Directory)
cp <source> <dest>: Copy <source> to <dest> (cp stands for CoPy)
mv <source> <dest>: Move <source> to <dest> (mv stands for MoVe)
rm <file>: Delete file (rm stands for ReMove)

And some other handy things. There are a bunch of built in aliases on
the commandline, like "~" refers to your home directory
( /home/<username> ) so doing "cd ~" would bring you back to your home
dir. ".." refers to the directory directly above the current one, so
doing "cd .." in your home dir, would bring you to /home

Hope that helps :D

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~ Chris "Kyral" Peterman
Computer Science Undergraduate
Clarkson University
Associate Member of the Free Software Foundation
Ubuntu Member
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