Command | Description
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pwd
| print working directory
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ls
| list contents of the current directory
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cd dir1
| changes directory to dir1
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cd ..
| moves up one level in the directory tree
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cp file1 file2
| copy file1 to file2
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man anything
| brings up the manual entry for the topic anything
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mv file1 file2
| move file1 to file2
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cat file1
| print the contents of file1 on the screen
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rm file1
| remove or delete file1
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mkdir dir1
| make directory called dir1
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rm -r dir1
| remove the directory tree starting with dir1 this removes all fiels and directorys in and under dir1
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passwd
| allows you to change your password
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who
| returns a list of the users logged on the system
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