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Essential Unix Commands Overview

This document describes common Linux commands for working with files and directories including ls to list files in a directory, cd to change directories, pwd to print the current working directory, cp to copy files, mv to move or rename files between directories, and rm to delete files.

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Essential Unix Commands Overview

This document describes common Linux commands for working with files and directories including ls to list files in a directory, cd to change directories, pwd to print the current working directory, cp to copy files, mv to move or rename files between directories, and rm to delete files.

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Command Usage Description

ls ls /directory_path Shows list


eg: ls /usr of files
cd cd /Directory_path Change
eg: cd /usr/lib/Hadoop-0.20 directory
pwd pwd Print
current
directory
name
cp cp file_path /destination_directory_path Copy files
eg: cp abc /home/cloudera/
mv mv file_path Moves
/destination_directory_path file from
eg: mv myfile /newdirectory one
directory to
mv current_filename new_filename another
eg: mv f1 f1_newname directory

or
Renames a
file
rm rm file_path Deletes file
eg: rm /home/cloudera/file_name

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