Unix Tutorial: Examples

Examples of Unix/Linux commands

Hi! I'm Gleb Reys and this is my page for collecting examples of Unix/Linux commands in addition to Unix Tutorial website.

Time and Date Commands

• date - show current date and time in any format you like

• uptime - report system stats since last reboot or power on

Working with Files and Directories

Filesystem navigation

• ls - list files/directories

• cd - change directory

• pwd - confirm current directory

File management

• cp - copy files/directories

• rm - remove files and directories

• mv - move (and rename) files/directories

• chmod - change access permissions

• chown - change ownership of a file or directory

Working with files

• cat - show contents of a file; concatenate multiple files into one

• grep - find text information using patters

• touch - create empty file or refresh modification date for existing file

• more - pager for contolled browsing of a text file

• less - advanced pager for viewing text files

Disk Usage

• du - show disk space consumed by a file or directory

• df - show disk usage (free space and inodes)

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