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(switch) ls -a

Shows listing of all files including hidden files which begin with (.) such as .hiddenfile
ls

shows a listing of files in the current directory
pwd

(print working directory) shows you what directory you are in right now
ls -l

shows the directory with a lot of information
ps

reports the process status
dpkg

debian package manager installs packages on the debian distro
chmod

change the permissions on the file to determine who can read, write or execute the file
(switch) chomod -v 777 test.txt

the v is for verbose and will echo the changed permissions
(switch) chmod -R 767 test.txt

the R is for recursive and will change permissions for any directories and subdirectories
clear

clears the screen
cp source dest

copies a file and places the file in the destination
(switch) cp -v source dest

the v places it in verbose mode when it copies the source to the destination
(switch) cp -i source dest

the i places it in interactive mode and pr

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Linux Tags

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Linux commands and some tags

Updated

2011-07-12T14:35:06Z

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