pwd |
Print current working directory |
cd |
Change to directory |
mkdir |
Make directory |
rmdir |
Remove directory (must be empty) |
rm -rf |
Remove directory (very dangerous) |
cp |
Copy a file or directory |
mv |
Move (or rename) a file or directory |
tar |
Backs up a directory tree |
cat |
Print file to screen or stdout |
less |
Scroll forward or backward through file |
mount |
Associates a partition with a directory |
umount |
Dissociates a partition from a directory |
mkfs |
Make a filesystem on a partition (like dos format) |
fdisk |
Handle partitions on a physical drive |
df |
Reports disk space on each mounted partition |
du |
Reports disk usage in a tree |