Managing Ubuntu: Using the Terminal
Learn how to use the terminal in less than 15 minutes!
Commands (anything that startts with $ means that you have to fill it in, i.e. cd $directory should acutally be something like cd Desktop):
List files: ls
List hidden files: ls -a
List files and subdirectories: ls -R
List files, including hidden files, and subdirectories: ls -Ra
Change directory: cd $directory
Go back to previous directory: cd ..
Rename file: mv $original_file $new_file
Copy file: mv $original_file $new_file
Print string: echo $string
Print name of files with certain extension: echo *.$extension
Delete file: rm $file
Delete all files with certain extension: rm *.$extension
Print file: cat $file
Search file: grep $string $file
Output command into text file: $command ＞ $file
Pipe command into other command: $command1 | $command2
Run text editor: gedit
Run program continuously without blocking Terminal: $program &
List processes: ps -ef
The operating system used was Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: http://www.ubuntu.com/
The VM used to run Ubuntu 14.04 was VMWare Workstation Player 12.0: https://www.vmware.com/products/playe...
Also, this was recorded with Kazam: https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applicati...
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