In this tutorial you will learn to use linux terminal. You will learn to navigate on the terminal, learn to create and remove file and much more. Most of this commands also works on Mac Os Xand powershell on windows. What Is Terminal ? Basically you are reading this tutorial because you are new to linux or want to learn using terminal to navigate. Before you getstarted you must have linux installed or running virtually on yourcomputer. I would recommend downloading fedora or ubuntu (If you have trouble installing ubuntu leave a comment below and i will post a tutorial). Commands To RememberThis are some of commands you must remember which will help you to use terminal more easily. ls- it will list all files and folder in your current directory ls -l it will give detailt listing of all files and folders ls -a it will list all files and folder in your current directory including hidden files (files and folders that begin with period) pwd will print your working directory or simply your current directory Navigating In TerminalHere i may refer folder as directory so dont get confused. This is the term we use in linux for folders. cd- cd stands for change directory. we use cd follow by path address to navigate ro that folder. Eg: cd Desktopwill make desktopasmy current directory. cd /will make root as you current directory cd ~will make home as your currentdirectory Typing cd alone is same as cd ~ and it will make home as your current directory cd ..will make parent directory i.e directory above your current directory cd ../../will take you two folder up Creating Files And Folder mkdir- we use mkdir follow by pathor folder name to create a directory Eg mkdir car will create directory carin your current directory to create folder recursively i.e folderinside folder inside folder we use -p flag Egmkdir -pvehicles/car/truck will create directory vehicles in your current directory which have car inside it and car has directory truckin it. touch - we use touch follow by file name to create empty file. Removing Files And Foldersrmdir- we use rmdir follow by path to to remove any directory. This will not work if folder you are trying to remove has something in it. rm -rto remove file recursively which can not be removed by rmdir rm- We use this command to remove files I know this is little confusing but practice and you will be a terminal pro. Leave a comment below if you have any trouble. You may also like to read below articles.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 08:30:01 +0000
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