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pwd |
Displays your current directory (“print
working directory”). |
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ls -l |
Lists the files in the current directory,
along with useful information about them. |
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ls -al |
Includes hidden system files (those whose
names start with a dot) in the list. |
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more filename |
Pages through the contents of a file
(forward only). |
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less filename |
Pages through the contents of a file
and lets you page back up through the file. |
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tail filename |
Displays the last 10 lines of a file.
This is helpful for log files. (The head commands displays the first
10 lines.) |
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cp source destination |
Copies a file or directory. |
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mv source destination |
Moves or renames a file or directory. |
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find starting_directory -name
filename |
Find the specified file, starting in
the specified directory. Specifying / would start the find
operation in the root directory. |
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grep string file |
Searches the specified file for the specific
string of characters. This is useful for locating specific information
in GroupWise agent startup files. |
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mkdir directory_name |
Creates a new directory |
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rmdir directory_name |
Deletes an empty directory |
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rm filename |
Deletes a file |
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rm -r directory_name |
Deletes a directory and recursively deletes
its contents. |
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cat filename |
Displays a file. |
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cat filename /printer_device |
Prints a file. |