Unix/Linux Command Reference

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Unix/Linux Command ReferenceFile -alFormatted listing with hidden -ltSorting the Formatted listing by time dirChange directory to to home current working dirCreating a directory >filePlaces the standard input into the fileOutput the contents of the fileOutput the first 10 lines of the fileOutput the last 10 lines of the -f fileOutput the contents of file as it grows,starting with the last 10 fileCreate or update fileDeleting the -r dirDeleting the -f fileForce to remove the -rf dirForce to remove the directory file1 file2Copy the contents of file1 to -r dir1 dir2Copy dir1 to dir2;create dir2 if not file1 file2Rename or move file1 to file2,if file2 is an existing -s file linkCreate symbolic link link to fileProcess display the currently working all running processUnix/Linux Command Reference pidKill the process with given procKill all the process named patternWill kill all processes matching the stopped or background jobs,resume a stopped job in the background the most recent job to nBrings job n to the foregroundFile octal fileChange the permission of file to octal,which can be found separately for user,group,world by adding, 4-read(r) 2-write(w) 1-execute(x) pattern fileSearch for pattern in -r pattern dirSearch recursively for pattern in | grep patternSearch pattern in the output of a file Find all instanc

7. mkdir dir Creating a directory dir 8. cat >file Places the standard input into the file 9. more file Output the contents of the file 10. head file Output the first 10 lines of the file 11. tail file Output the last 10 lines of the file 12. tail -f file Output the contents of file …