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1
Q

pwd

A

Print working directory

2
Q

hostname

A

My computer’s network name

3
Q

mkdir

A

Make directory

4
Q

cd

A

Change directory

5
Q

ls

A

List directory

6
Q

rmdir

A

Remove directory

7
Q

pushd

A

Push directory

8
Q

popd

A

Pop directory

9
Q

cp

A

Copy a file or directory

10
Q

mv

A

Move a file or directory

11
Q

less

A

Page through a file

12
Q

cat

A

Print the whole file

13
Q

xargs

A

Execute arguments

14
Q

find

A

Find files

15
Q

grep

A

Find things inside files

16
Q

man

A

Read a manual page

17
Q

apropos

A

Find what man page is appropriate

18
Q

env

A

Look at your environment

19
Q

echo

A

Print some arguments

20
Q

export

A

Export/set a new environment variable

21
Q

exit

A

Exit the shell

22
Q

sudo

A

DANGER! become super user root DANGER!

23
Q

touch

A

Make an empty file