Unix Commands

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UNIX COMMANDS
File Management
ls
List of all files and folders present in the current directory
ls l
More information, like permissions, date, size, owner name
ls ch*.doc
Displays all the files whose name start with ch and ends
with .doc
ls a
Displays hidden files and folders
vim filename
Creates a new file named filename to be edited in Vim

editor
cat filename
Displays the content of a file filename
cat b filename
Displays the content of the file filename along with line

numbers
cp source_file
destination_file
Makes a copy of source_file and names it as

destination_file
mv old_file new_file
Renames the old_file to the given new_file name
rm filename
Deletes the file filename
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Directory Management
ls dirname
Lists the files in the directory dirname
mkdir dirname
Creates a directory named dirname
rmdir dirname
Removes a directory named dirname
cd dirname
Change the current working directory to dirname
mv olddir
newdir
. (dot)
Renames olddir directory to newdir
.. (dot dot)
Represents the directory one level above the current working

directory
/ (slash)
Represents root directory
~ (tilde)
Represents home directory
pwd
Shows current working directory
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Represents current working directory
grep command
Used to search a file or files for lines that have a certain pattern
grep pattern file/files
Some options are listed below
-v Print all lines that do not match pattern.

-n Print the matched line and its line number.
-l Print only the names of files with matching lines.
-c Print only the count of matching lines.
-i Match either upper or lowercase.
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Some more Commands

scp : Allows files to be copied to, from, or between different hosts.
Remote to Local
scp your_username@remotehost.edu:foobar.txt
/some/local/directory
Local to Remote
scp foobar.txt
your_username@remotehost.edu:/some/remote/directory
scp -r foo
your_username@remotehost.edu:/some/remote/directory/bar
chmod : Used to change permissions (read, write, execute) for files

and directories
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Example of pipes
ls -l | grep "Aug" | sort +4n
-rw-rw-r--rw-rw-r--rw-rw-rw-rw-rw-rw-
1
1
1
1
carol
john
john
john
doc
doc
doc
doc
1605
2488
8515
11008
Aug 23 07:35 macros

Aug 15 10:51 intro
Aug 6 15:30 ch07
Aug 6 14:10 ch02
Series of commands can be piped, output of one becomes the

input to next command
sort +4n sorts the results numerically after skipping first 4
fields (size field)
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VIM editor
Two modes Command and Edit
Command Mode Used to perform tasks like saving, copy-paste, findreplace, etc.
Edit Mode Used to edit the file by writing into it
Some commands:-
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:q
Quit vi, raises warning if file is changed
:q!
Quit without saving any changes
:w
Save all changes in the file
:wq
Save and quit
ZZ
Save and quit
:w nfile
Saves the current file with a different filename nfile
VIM editor - Some Commands

h, j, k, l : Used to navigate through the text
w moves to start of next word, e moves to end of word, b moves to
beginning of word
% finds matching parenthesis

0 moves to beginning of the line, $ moves to end of the line
* finds next occurrence of the word under cursor, # finds previous
gg
takes us to the beginning of the file,
to the end of the file
5G takes us to 5th line

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VIM editor Edit commands

Some commands:i Inserts text before current cursor location.
a Inserts text after current cursor location.
I Inserts text at beginning of current line.
A Inserts text at end of current line.
o Creates a new line for text entry below cursor
location.
O Creates a new line for text entry above cursor

location.
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VIM editor Delete commands

Some commands:x
Delete current character
dw Delete current word

dd Delete current line
5d Delete five lines
d
d$ Delete till end of the line
d0 Delete from beginning of the
line
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VIM editor Copy/paste & Undo/Redo commands

Copy paste is done in following order
Position cursor at beginning of the text to be copied
Press
v to enter character based visual selection mode
Move the cursor to select the desired portion of text to be copied

Press
y to copy
Move the cursor to the location where the text has to be pasted
Press
p to paste
Press u for UNDO

Press Ctrl+R for REDO
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List of all files and folders present in the current directory

More information, like permissions, date, size, owner name

Displays hidden files and folders

Creates a new file named filename to be edited in Vim

Displays the content of a file filename

Displays the content of the file filename along with line

Makes a copy of source_file and names it as

Renames the old_file to the given new_file name

Deletes the file filename

Lists the files in the directory dirname

Creates a directory named dirname

Removes a directory named dirname

Change the current working directory to dirname

Renames olddir directory to newdir

Represents the directory one level above the current working

Represents root directory

Represents home directory

Shows current working directory

Represents current working directory

-v Print all lines that do not match pattern.

Some more Commands

chmod : Used to change permissions (read, write, execute) for files

Aug 23 07:35 macros

Series of commands can be piped, output of one becomes the

VIM editor - Some Commands

% finds matching parenthesis

takes us to the beginning of the file,

to the end of the file

5G takes us to 5th line

VIM editor Edit commands

O Creates a new line for text entry above cursor

VIM editor Delete commands

Delete current character

dw Delete current word

VIM editor Copy/paste & Undo/Redo commands

v to enter character based visual selection mode

Move the cursor to select the desired portion of text to be copied

Press u for UNDO

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