Character Description

\ Escape Character
/ Separate Directory
. Current Directory
.. Parent Directory
~ User Home Directory
* All Directory Files
? Single Character In Files
[] Range of Values.
[0-9] or [A-Z]
> Over Write a New Files
>> Redirect On Existing Files
< Redirect a Program
; Separate a Command
&& Above Command Separate
& Execute a Program in Backgraound.


Command Syntax
Commands Description
Ls List Files
Ls l Long Format List Files
Ls l --color Colorized Output
Cut Filename Show Content
Cut -n Filename All With Line Number
-h or help Built In Help
Chmod Change File Access Permission
Info df Loads Info Page



Shortcut Commands
Commands Description
Up/Down Arrow Keys Scroll Back To Old Commands
History Command Show Complete History
Tab Completion Recognize Filename
! Show Complete Recent Commands
CTRL-R Search Command History
Shift Page Up and Page Down Scrolling The Screen
Clear Clear Screen
Echo To Display The Text
More Display File & Output on the Recent
Page at a Same Time
Less Scroll Backward and Forward
Grep Search For a File Output
Lpr Print a File Output
Sort Sort a File Output
Su Switch User
Informational Commands
Commands Description
Ps Running Process
W
Show who Logged on to a System
Id Print User Ids and Group Ids
Df Disk Space Usage
Du Disk Usage in Particular Directory
Top To see Activity in a Real Time
Free Display Free and Used Memory









Directory Commands
Directory Description
/bin Storage of Command Binaries
(Program)
/boot Static Files
/dev Device File
/etc Host-Specific System Configuration
Files
/home Personal Home Directories
/lib Shared Libraries
/proc Process Information
/root Super User Home Directory
/sbin Essential System Binaries
/tmp Temporary Files
/user Base Directory
/user/bin Most user programs are kept here
/user/include Header Files for Compiling C programs
/user/local Locally installed Files
/user/sbin Non-Vital System Binaries
/user/share Architecture-Independent Data
/user/src Program Source Code
/user/X11R6 The X Window System
/var Variable Data
Navigating Commands
Command Description
Pwd Print Working Directory
Cd Change Directory
Cd Directory Change into a Specified Directory
Cd~ Shortcut to Home Directory
Cd.. Move up one Directory
cd- Return to Previous Directory
Ls List all files in current Directory
Ls Directory List the files in Specified Directory
Ls l Long Format Files
Ls a Show Hidden Files

Working Commands with Files And Directories are :-
File
Cat
Head
Tail
Tail f
Cp
Mv (Move Directory)
Rm (Remove Directory)
Mkdir (Make Directory)
Rmdir (Remove Directory)
Finding Commands
Commands Description
Which Show Full Path Of Shell Command
Whereis Locate the Program, Source Code and
Mannual Page
Locate Quick Search For Files in the File System
Find Files Matching Patterns