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Command Line Commands

Basic Commands

Command Meaning Does
pwd Print Working Directory Shows who you are & where you are working
ls Look in Shell Shows files within a directory
ls -a Look in Shell, show All Shows all files, even hidden ones, within a directory
mkdir [DirName] Make Directory [DirName] Creates a directory with given name
cd [DirName] Change Directory Change to directory named
cd .. Change Directory back 1 Level Goes back to previous directory.
NOTE: Dots . = # directories to go back + 1
touch [fileName.type] Create File.Type Create a file of a specified type in the directory
tree Show File Tree Displays the organization of files within a directory
Ctrl + C Stop Will stop current process in the terminal