UNIX COMMANDS

man wc

Unix will show command lists

ls

list files

ls a

list hidden files also

mkdir

make directory

cd

change directory

cd.

stay in current directory

cd..

back to home directory

pwd

present/print working directory

cd~

change to home directory

ls l

long listing of files

cp

copy files

mv

move files / rename files

rm

remove files

rmdir

remove directory

clear

clear screen

cat

display the content of the file

less

shows one page of a file ( used for long files )

head

first 10 lines of a file

tail

last 10 lines of a file

grep

search specific word or pattern

grep i

To ignore upper/lower case distinctions

grep v

To display those lines that do not match

grep n

Precede each matching line with line number

grep c

Prints total count of matched lines

grep ivc

Three commands at a time

command s

To run a command in background

ctrl+c

Kill the job running in foreground

ctrl+z

Suspend the job running in foreground

quota v

To check how much memory has been used

df

Space (i.e.) memory space left

du s*

Summarizes all files & directories sizes

gzip

Compress a file (i.e.) like zipping

gunzip

Expands a file (i.e) like unzipping

zcat

Helps to read zipped files without expanding

file*

Classifies the types of files used in a directory

diff

compares the contents of two files

history

Show command history unit

!!

Recall last command

!-3

Recall last three command

!5

Recall 5th command

!grep

Recall command starting with grep