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Function & Symbol Flashcards

1
Q

Print Working Directory

A

pwd

[Thes-Macbook-Pro:~ Main$ pwd

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My Computer’s Network Name

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hostname

[Thes-MacBook-Pro:~ hostname

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3
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Make Directory

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mkdir

Thes-MacBook-Pro:~ mkdir foldername
If you want to setup a folder within the current directoryr:
Thes-MacBook-Pro:~ mkdir foldername/filename
If you want to setup a complete path through folders:
Thes-MacBook-Pro:~ mkdir foldername/filename/2ndfilename/3rdfilename

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4
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Change Directory

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cd

Thes-MacBook-Pro:~ cd foldername
Thes-MacBook-Pro:~ pwd
Thes-MacBook-Pro:~ foldername
Thes-MacBook-Pro:~ cd filename
Thes-MacBook-Pro:~ pwd
Thes-MacBook-Pro:~ foldername/filename
To back out of a path:
Thes-MacBook-Pro:~ cd ../..

Will take you to desired directory and path. When backing out of a path each ‘../’ will back you out by one and you can use more than one set at a time.

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5
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List Directory

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ls

Thes-MacBook-Pro:~ ls

Lists all the contents in your current directory.

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6
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Remove Directory

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rmdir

Thes-MacBook-Pro:~ rmdir 2ndfilename

Will remove the directories and folders you want.

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7
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Push Directory

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pushd

Thes-MacBook-Pro:~ pushd

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8
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Pop Directory

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popd

Thes-MacBook-Pro:~ popd

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9
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Copy a File or Directory

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cp

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10
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Move a File or Directory

A

mv

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11
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Page Through a File

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less

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12
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Print The Whole File

A

cat

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13
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Execute Arguments

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xargs

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14
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Find Files

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find

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15
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Find Things Inside Files

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grep

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16
Q

Read a Manual Page

A

man

17
Q

Find What Man Page is Appropriate

A

apropos

18
Q

Look at Your Environment

A

env

19
Q

Print Some Arguments

A

echo

20
Q

Export/Set a New Environment Variable

A

export

21
Q

Exit The Shell

A

exit

22
Q

Create Empty File

A

Thes-MacBook-Pro:~ touch filename.txt

Creates blank file within your directory.

Command Line (Linux/Mac OSX) (1 decks)

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