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Absolute pathname

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Absolute pathname: refers to the complete path of a directory or file starting from the root directory (/). It
specifies the exact location of the directory or file in the filesystem hierarchy.
For example, /home/user/documents/file.txt is an absolute pathname. It starts from the root directory
(/) and specifies the complete path to the file file.txt

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Relative pathname

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specifies the location of a directory or file relative to the current working directory.

. (dot) represents the current directory.

.. (dot-dot) represents the parent directory.

~ (the tilde character) is a shorthand representation of the current user’s home directory.

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!

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not

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$

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Following string is a variable (should be all CAPS)

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;

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chains commands together

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&

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if one command errors. The next command will not run

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`` backquote

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substitutes whatever command is on the inside with its output

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‘ ’ single quote

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protects everything

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“ ” double quotes

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protects most things except \ = protects everything

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*

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represents unknown 0-255 char

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?

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represents only 1 char

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[]

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represents only 1 char and can contain numbers and a range of numbers and char and a range of char

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[! ]

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represents only 1 char and searches for anything not including the range/char/number indicated

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apropos

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search with a keyword
same as man -k command

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cal

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display current month’s calendar

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option for calendar year

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-y

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cal -3

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calendar for 3 months: previous, current, next

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cd

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change directory with an absolute or relative pathname

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clear

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clear the screen

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date

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display/change the system date and time

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echo

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display or echo output to the terminal screen

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echo -e

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utilize escape sequence

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echo -n

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newline

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file

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determine file type and display the detail information

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How do you format the date time to show... Today is dayName, monthName DAY YEAR
date +“Today is %A, %B %d %Y”
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ls
list contents of a directory
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ls -l
use long listing format
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ls -a
shows all files including hidden files
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ls -F
shows files with type indicator
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ls -R
lists subdirectories recursively
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ls -r
reverse order when sorting
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ls -d
lists directory names instead of contents
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ls -S
sort by file size
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ls -i
prints the index number of each file
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man
display online manual pages
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man -k
search for keyword
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mkdir
create the new directory
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mkdir -p
create a hierarchy directory
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move files or rename files
mv
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mv -i
prompt if file move/rename will overwrite a file
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pwd
display the working directory with the absolute pathname
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rm
remove files or “non-empty” directory
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rmdir
remove the “empty” directory
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create a new file or multiple files as well as change time stamp
touch
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whatis
searches the what is database for complete words
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display the number and Status of Users Logged In
who
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displays who you are
whoami
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remove the directories with files
rm –r
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rm -f
enforce
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Redirect operator "<"
"<" input redirection. receive input from a file instead of the keyboard
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Redirect operator ">"
redirect the standard output of a command to a file. If the file does not exist, it will be created. If the file already exists, its contents will be overwritten.
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Redirect operator ">>"
append the standard output of a command to a file. If the file does not exist, it will be created. If the file already exists, the output will be added to the end of the file.
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Redirect operator "|"
"|" pipe symbol, is used to connect the output of one command to the input of another. It allows you to chain multiple commands together, forming a pipeline. For example, you can use command1 | command2 to pass the output of "command1" as the input to "command2".
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cat
concatenate and display the contents of files. It's often used to read files sequentially, display their content, combine multiple files, create new files, and append contents to existing files.
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cat file1
display the contents of the file1
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cat > newfile
create a new file and manual entry the contents for the ‘newfile’
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cat file1 > file2
copy the contents of file1 to create a file2
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cat file1 file2
combine file1 and file2 one after the other on the screen
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cat file1 file2 > file3
combine file1 and file2 one after the other and save the result to the file3 instead of displaying on the screen
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`cat file1 >> file2`
append contents of file1 to file2
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cmp
compare two files byte by byte. It’s often used to check if two files are identical or to find differences between them `cmp [option] file1 file2`
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comm
compare two sorted files line by line. Outputs three columns. 1. lines unique to file1 (suppress with -1) 2. lines unique to file2 (suppress with -2) 3. files common to both (suppress with -3) `comm [options] file1 file2;`
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copy Files or directories
cp
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cut
extract sections from a file or input. Useful for selecting columns from text files like CSV files `cut -f 2 -d ':' file1 > file2` -f: Specifies the field(s) to extract ( -f1,3 extracts fields 1 and 3). -d: Specifies the delimiter to use (default is the tab character). -c: Extracts characters by position (e.g., -c1-5 extracts characters 1 to 5 of each line).
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diff
compare the contents of two files line by line. Showing the differences.
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find
search for files and directories within a specified path. locates files based on various criteria such as filename, size, permissions, modification time, and more. `find `
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search for specific strings within files
grep
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head
display the beginning or the first few lines of a file. By default, it prints the first 10 lines of each specified file to the standard output.
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head -n
display the beginning specified lines of a file
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join
joining lines of two files on a common field
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use to page through files; similar to more
less
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create links between files links are references or pointers to the original file hard links and symbolic link
ln
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ln -s
Creates a symbolic (soft) link
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`ln -f`
Forces the creation of the link by overwriting an existing link with the same name.
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show what links are being created
ln -v
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Prompts before overwriting an existing link.
ln -i
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view files a screen at a time
motr
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mv -f
enforce
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od
display the contents of files in various formats, such as octal or hexadecimal.
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paste
merge lines horizontally (side by side) of files, separated by a specified delimiter (by default, a tab). `paste [options][file ...].`
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pr
format text files for printing. Headers, divide text into columns, set custom margins, add page numbers, and adjust the layout to make printed output more readable.
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Sets the number of columns (e.g., -2 for two columns).
pr -n
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pr -d
Double-spaces the output.
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pr -l N
Specifies the number of lines per page (default is 66).
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pr -w N
Sets the width of the output in characters (default is 72).
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rm -i
rm -i
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sed (stream editor)
text transformations on an input stream. Used for search, replace, substitute text.
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sorts the text file by line
sort
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extract printable strings from binary files
strings
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concatenate and display the contents of files in reverse order, line by line
tac
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tail
display the last few lines of a file. By default, it prints the last 10 lines of each specified file to the standard output.
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tail -n
display the last specified lines in each specified file
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tee
reads input and writes output to screen and/or file command | tee [options] [file ...]. view and save the output of a command.
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translate or delete characters from standard input. character substitution, deletion, case conversion.
tr
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Deletes characters specified in set1.
tr -d
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tr -s
Squeezes multiple occurrences of a character in set1 into a single occurrence in the output.
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remove duplicate lines
uniq
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wc
word, line and character counts -lcw
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Sets a custom header text
pr -h

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