CLI Intro: Useful General-Purpose Commands | Linux Today

CLI Intro: Useful General-Purpose Commands

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 4, 2014

This tutorial is the second part of the introduction to Linux command-line. In the first chapter I tried to make a brief introduction to the shell and the basic ways of moving around. Here I will talk about several useful commands, which may be needed on a day to day basis if you’re working with the shell.

Working with Files and Directories Creating Directories The command to create new directories (also called folders) is mkdir.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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