Shell Commands Flashcards by Julianne Renowden

Q

pwd

A

print working directory

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hostname

A

my computer’s network name

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mkdir

A

make directory

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cd

A

change directory

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ls

A

list directory

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rmdir

A

remove directory

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pushd

A

push directory

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popd

A

pop directory

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cp

A

copy a file or directory

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mv

A

move a file or directory

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less

Mac/Linux

A

page through a file

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cat

Mac/Linux

A

print the whole file

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robocopy

A

robust copy

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more

A

page through file

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type

A

print whole file

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Q

xargs

Mac/Linux

A

execute arguments

Q

forfiles

A

run command on lots of files

Q

find

Mac/Linux

A

find files

Q

dir -r

A

find files

Q

grep

Mac/Linux

A

find things inside files

Q

select-string

A

find things inside files

Q

man

Mac/Linux

A

read a manual page

Q

help

A

read manual page

Q

apropos

Mac/Linux

A

find what man page is appropriate

Q

helpctr

A

find what man page is appropriate

Q

env

Mac/Linux

A

look at your environment

Q

echo

A

print some arguments

Q

set

A

export/set a new environment variable

Q

export

Mac/Linux

A

export/set a new environment variable

Q

exit

A

exit the shell

Q

sudo

Mac/Linux

A

become super user root

Q

runas

A

become super user root