Linux File Handling Commands
MAN Command
• man <command> shows all information about the command
• <command> --help shows the available options for that command
File Handling commands
• mkdir – make directories
Syntax: mkdir [OPTION] DIRECTORY...
eg. mkdir divakar
• ls – list directory contents
Syntax: ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...
eg. ls, ls l, ls divakar
• cd – changes directories
Syntax: cd [DIRECTORY]
eg. cd divakar
• pwd print name of current working directory
Syntax: pwd
• vim – Vi Improved, a programmers text editor
Syntax: vim [OPTION] [file]...
eg. vim file1.txt
• cp – copy files and directories
Syntax: cp [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST
eg. cp sample.txt sample_copy.txt
cp sample_copy.txt target_dir
•mv – move (rename) files
Syntax: mv [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST
eg. mv source.txt target_dir
eg. mv source.txt target_dir
mv old.txt new.txt
• rm remove files or directories
Syntax: rm [OPTION]... FILE...
eg. rm file1.txt , rm -rf some_dir
• find – search for files in a directory hierarchy
Usage: find [OPTION] [path] [pattern]
eg. find file1.txt, find -name file1.txt
• history – prints recently used commands
Usage: history
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