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All commands mentioned Flashcards

1
Q

bash

A

the “Bourne Again Shell”, interactive command line interperter

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2
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date

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displays the date

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3
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echo

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writes all params to standard output, seperated by spaces

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4
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help

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displays online help for commands that follow

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5
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type

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determines the type of command (builtin, function, etc)

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6
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type -t

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determines the type with single word

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7
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apropos

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all man pages whos NAME sections contain a given keyword

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8
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groff

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sophisticated typesetting program

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9
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help

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displays online help for bash commands

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10
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info

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displays GNU based info pages on a character-based terminal

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11
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less

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displays text (such as man pages) by page

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12
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man

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displays sys man pages

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13
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manpath

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determines seach path for sys man pages

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14
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whatis

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locates man page for given command

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15
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cd

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change directory

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16
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convmv

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converts fine names between character encodings

17
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cp

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copies files

18
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find

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searches files matching certain given criteriea

19
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less

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displays text (such as man pages)

20
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ln

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creatse hard or symbolic linxs

21
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locate

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finds files by name in a file name database

22
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ls

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lists file information or directory contents

23
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mkdir

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creates new directories

24
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pwd

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displays the name of the current working directory

25
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rm

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removes files or directories

26
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rmdir

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removes empty directories

27
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slocate

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searches file by name in a file name database, taking file permissions into account

28
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updatedb

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creatse the file name database for locate

29
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xargs

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constructs command lines from its standard inptu

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