Basic Flashcards
1
Q
chown
A
change ownership
2
Q
chmod
A
“change” permissions “modifier”
3
Q
pwd
A
“print” working directory
4
Q
hostname
A
“my computer’s” host name
5
Q
mkdir
A
make directory
6
Q
rmdir
A
“remove” directory
7
Q
cd
A
change directory
8
Q
ls
A
“list” directory
9
Q
pushd
A
“push” directory
10
Q
popd
A
“pop” directory
11
Q
cp
A
“copy” file OR folder
12
Q
mv
A
“move” file OR folder
13
Q
less
A
“page through a file”
14
Q
cat
A
“print the whole file”
categorical print
15
Q
xargs
A
“execute” arguments
