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Terminal Commands

display the name of files and subdirectories in the directory

ls

Change directory

cd <path>

make a new directory

mkdir <directory name>

make a file

touch <file name>

delete a file

rm <file>

rm <directory>## delete a directory

copy a file

cp <file> <path to the directory>

move a file

mv <file> <path>

rename a file

mv <file> <new file name>

display a content of a file

cat <file>

display full path to the current directory

pwd

open a file with a vim editor

vi <file>

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