Linux: 2019 NEW Easy User Manual to Learn the Linux Operating System and Linux Command Line by Alexa Lindsay

Author:Alexa Lindsay [Lindsay, Alexa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-31T00:00:00+00:00

File and Directory Operations

Here we consider utilities that work with file system objects: files, directories, devices, as well as file systems in general.

cp

Copies files and directories.

mv

Moves (renames) files.

rm

Removes files and directories.

df

Displays a report on the use of disk space (free space on all disks).

du

Calculates disk space occupied by files or directories.

ln

Creates links to files.

ls

Lists files in a directory, supports several different output formats.

mkdir

Creates directories.

touch

Changes file timestamps (last modified, last accessed), can be used to create empty files.

realpath

Calculates absolute file name by relative.

basename

Removes the path from the full file name (i.e., shortens the absolute file name to relative).

dirname

Removes the file name from the full file name (that is, it displays the full name of the directory where the file is located).

pwd

Displays the name of the current directory.

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