Basic Command Lines
List files in a specified directory: ls
(In Windows: dir
)
Retrieve more details from this list: ls -l
Change directory: cd <new-directory>
Change directory and go to a subfolder: cd <new-directory>/<subfolder>
Head back to the previous directory (one level up): cd ..
Make a new directory: mkdir <new-directory-name>
Remove a directory: rmdir <directory-name>
Create a new file: touch <filename.format>
Create multiple new files: touch <filename1.format> <filename2.format>
Remove files: rm <filename.format>
Remove all files within a folder: rm *
Move a file to a different folder: mv <filename.format> <destination-folder>
Rename a file or folder: mv <filename.format> <newfilename.format>
Copy a file or folder: cp <filename.format> <newfilename.format>
(In Windows: copy
)
Open files or folders:open ~/<foldername>
open filename.format
(In Windows: edit
)