Linux commands

[Sumesh KS]

Thanks for helping me

On 4/13/06, Chris Peterman <kyral at ubuntu.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:12:56 +0200
> albi <albi at scii.nl> wrote:
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> > Sumesh KS wrote:
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> > > 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
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> People seemed to really like it :D
>
> Also right now here are the most useful ones
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> 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
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> Clarkson University
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