ls list files and directories
lsa list all files and directories
mkdir make a directory
cddirectory change to named directory
cd change to home directory
cd~ change to home directory
cd.. change to parent directory
pwd display the path of the current directory
cpfile1file2 copy file1 and call it file2
mvfile1file2 move or rename file1 to file2
rmfile remove a file
rmdirdirectory remove a directory
catfile display a file
morefile display a file a page at a time
headfile display the first few lines of a file
tailfile display the last few lines of a file
grep'keyword'file search a file for keywords
wcfile count number of lines/words/characters in file
command>file redirect standard output to a file
command>>file append standard output to a file
command<file redirect standard input from a file
pipe the output of command1 to the input of
command1|command2
command2
catfile1file2>
file0 concatenate file1 and file2 to file0
sort sort data
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