Below are the basic unix commands which may help you while using PUTTY to access the server. Move, copy, view the pages from folder to other destination. All other basic stuff syntax are given below
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Unix Basic Commands
Copy:
cp sorce_file target_file :copies only if the files are in current direc
cp -r sor_DIR target_dir (to copy directories)
Move/Rename;
mv file1 file2
mv -i f1 f2 (asks for permision to move or not)
Remove:
rm filename
rm -r file (to remove directory structure)
rm -i file ( asks for permision to move or not)
view:
cat filename ( to view the complete file content)
To extract or unzip files:
unzip file ( extracts file to current dir)
To uncompress
uncompress filename
To compress
compress filename
To change directory
cd path
to list files in current dir
ls
ls -l (long list of files : gives acess permision,creation date..etc)
-a(list all files satarting with a " .")
to make a dir
mkdir name or md name
to remove
rmdir dir_name
to clear the screen
clear (clears the windoe or terminal)
help commands
man <comd name> (displays the mannual page)
whatis <cammnd> (gives description)
date (to dispaly the date)
to count the words
wc filename (gives lines,words,characters
wc -l file (only lines)
wc -c file(only characters)
wc -w file(onbly words)
df ( displays the amount of free space)
grep (search a file for matching pattern)
grep [optioln]<regularExpression filename
eg: grep [a-z]*.c filename
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Note: We can also view the contents of a file with "vi" command.
Ex: vi abc.php
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