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    Working With The Terminal

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    This document provides a summary of common Linux terminal commands organized into the following categories: general commands, file and directory commands, networking commands, system information commands, and shortcuts. Some example commands included are clear, date, find, ls, mkdir, rm, ifconfig, df, cat, and hostname. The document serves as a quick reference guide for navigating files and directories, managing system resources, and performing other tasks using the Linux terminal.

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    This document provides a summary of common Linux terminal commands organized into the following categories: general commands, file and directory commands, networking commands, system information commands, and shortcuts. Some example commands included are clear, date, find, ls, mkdir, rm, ifconfig, df, cat, and hostname. The document serves as a quick reference guide for navigating files and directories, managing system resources, and performing other tasks using the Linux terminal.

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    This document provides a summary of common Linux terminal commands organized into the following categories: general commands, file and directory commands, networking commands, system information commands, and shortcuts. Some example commands included are clear, date, find, ls, mkdir, rm, ifconfig, df, cat, and hostname. The document serves as a quick reference guide for navigating files and directories, managing system resources, and performing other tasks using the Linux terminal.

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    Working with the Terminal

    General Commands
    • clear Clears previously run commands and text from the terminal screen

    • date Prints the current date

    • find / -name filename.txt Searches the whole system for filename.txt and
    outputs a list of all directories that contains the file

    • nano example.txt Opens the file example.txt in the Linux text editor Nano

    • raspi-config Opens the configuration settings menu

    • reboot Reboots immediately

    • shutdown -h now Shutdown immediately

    • shutdown -h 01:30 Shutdown at 1:30 am


    File and Directory
    Commands
    • pwd Print working directory; shows the current directory path

    • cd /abc/xyz Changes the current directory to the /abc/xyz directory

    • cd .. Navigate up a directory

    • cd ~ Navigate to the home/user directory

    • ls -l List all the files in the current directory and their properties

    • mkdir new_directory_name Creates a new directory called


    new_directory_name inside the current directory

    • mv filename.txt /home/pi/Downloads/ Moves the filename.txt file


    inside the /home/pi/Downloads folder
    File and Directory
    Commands
    • touch example.txt Creates a new empty file called example.txt in the
    current directory

    • rm filename.txt Deletes filename.txt

    • rmdir directory_name Deletes the directory called directory_name (only


    if it is empty)

    • rm -rf directory_name Deletes the directory called directory_name and


    all it's containing files and subdirectories

    • scp filename.txt username@10.0.0.106:/some/path/file.txt Copies


    filename.ext over SSH. The file is copied to a machine with IP Address
    10.0.0.106 to the /some/path/file.txt path. This action is performed on
    behalf of the user, username.
    Networking commands
    • ifconfig Check the status of the wireless connection you
    are using (to see if wlan0 has acquired an IP Address)

    • iwconfig Check which network the wireless adapter is


    using

    • ping Tests connectivity between two devices that are


    connected on a network

    • wget http://www.website.com/file.txt Downloads the


    file located at http://www.website.com/file.txt
    System information
    commands
    • cat /proc/meminfo Show details about your memory

    • df -h Shows information about the available disk space

    • df / Shows how much free disk space is available

    • dpkg --get-selections Shows all of your installed packages

    • dpkg --get-selections | grep XXX Shows all of the


    installed packages that are related to XXX

    • hostname -I Shows the IP Address of your Raspberry Pi


    Shortcuts
    • up and down arrow Cycle through previously typed
    commands

    • tab key Peforms an auto-complete of name of a file or


    directory you are currently typing

    • Ctrl + c Quit a currently running process

    • Ctrl + d Exit a host session

    • !! Repeat the last command executed

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