unix.txt

List “normal” files.

ls
ls file

List only file
ls -a

List all files.
Verbosely list "normal"

ls -l
ls -al

Verbosely list all files.
ls -al file

Verbosely list only file
rm file

Remove file
Remove dir & all subdirs.

rm -r dir
Move/Rename file1 to file2

mv file1 file2
Move/Rename dir1 to dir2.

mv dir1 dir2.
Copy file1 to file2

cp file1 file2
Change directory to dir.

cd dir
Make a directory dir.

mkdir dir
Remove the directory dir.

rmdir dir
Change owner of file to user.

chown user file
Change group of file to group

chgrp group file
Change permissions on file to
755 rwxr-xr-x
700 rwx------
644 rw-r--r--
600 rw-------

chmod nnn file
Find file (fast, not reliable)

locate file
Find file in subdir of dir (very slow, reliable)

find dir -name file

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unix.txt

Description

filesystem management

Updated

2010-09-28T17:36:34Z

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