Command Line Flashcards

1
Q

grep

A

find things inside files

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2
Q

ls

A

list directory

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3
Q

apropos

A

find what manual page is appropriate

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4
Q

popd

A

pop directory

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5
Q

pwd

A

print working directory

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6
Q

export

A

export/set a new environment variable

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7
Q

less

A

page through a file

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8
Q

pushd

A

push directory

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9
Q

env

A

Look at your enviroment

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10
Q

cp

A

copy a file or directory

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11
Q

suo

A

Danger! Become super user root DANGER

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12
Q

man

A

read a manual page

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13
Q

exit

A

exit the shell

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14
Q

echo

A

print some arguments

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15
Q

mv

A

move a file or directory

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16
Q

hostname

A

my computers network name

17
Q

find

A

find files

18
Q

mkdir

A

make directory

19
Q

cat

A

print the whole file

20
Q

xargs

A

execute arguments

21
Q

rmdir

A

remove directory