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<td>Command</td>
<td>Short description</td>
<td>References</td>
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<td>alias</td>
<td>Change a command name or behavior</td>
<td><a href="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_03_05.html">Bash Beginners Guide</a></td>
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<td>apropos </td>
<td>list manpages that contain a word <br/>
in name or description</td>
<td></td>
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<td>cat </td>
<td>Display a file</td>
<td></td>
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<td>chroot</td>
<td>run command or interactive shell<br /> with special root directory</td>
<td><a href="http://rute.2038bug.com/node23.html.gz#SECTION002371000000000000000">RUTE. Section 20.7.1</td>
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<td>cp </td>
<td>Copy </td>
<td><a href="http://rute.2038bug.com/node7.html.gz#SECTION00740000000000000000">RUTE, Section 4.4</a></td>
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<td>find</td>
<td>find files</td>
<td><a href="http://rute.2038bug.com/node7.html.gz#SECTION007140000000000000000">RUTE, Section 4.14</a>
<br />
<a href="http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/linux/cmd/cmd.csp?path=f/find">Linux in a Nutshell</a>
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<td>grep</td>
<td>Get Regular ExPression<br />searches files (or stdin) for patterns</td>
<td>
<a href="/tutorials/advanced/realworld/a_red_guitar_three_chords_and_the_truth">long LBo-URL</a><br />
<a href="http://rute.2038bug.com/node8.html.gz">RUTE, chapter 5: Regular Expressions</a>
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<td>info</td>
<td>information on a command</td>
<td><a href="http://rute.2038bug.com/node7.html.gz#SECTION00780000000000000000">RUTE, Section 4.8</a></td>
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<td>less </td>
<td>Display a file <br />scroll forward and backward</td>
<td><a href=http://rute.2038bug.com/node7.html.gz#SECTION00790000000000000000">RUTE, Section 4.9</a></td>
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<td>locate</td>
<td>find files in database <br /> faster than 'find'</td>
<td><a href="http://rute.2038bug.com/node7.html.gz#SECTION007140000000000000000">RUTE, Section 4.14</a>
<br />
<a href="http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/linux/cmd/cmd.csp?path=l/locate">Linux in a Nutshell</a>
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<td>ls</td>
<td>List files</td>
<td><a href="http://rute.2038bug.com/node7.html.gz#SECTION00710000000000000000">RUTE, Section 4.1</a>
<br />
<a href="http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/linux/cmd/cmd.csp?path=l/ls">Linux in a Nutshell</a>
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<td>man </td>
<td>View manual page</td>
<td><a href="http://rute.2038bug.com/node7.html.gz#SECTION00770000000000000000">RUTE, Section 4.7</a></td>
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<td>mount</td>
<td>Access cdrom, floppy, and other filesystems</td>
<td><a href="http://rute.2038bug.com/node22.html.gz#SECTION002240000000000000000">RUTE, Section 19.4</a>
<br />
<a href="http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/linux/cmd/cmd.csp?path=m/mount">Linux in a Nutshell</a></td>
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<td>mv </td>
<td>Move</td>
<td></td>
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<td>popd</td>
<td>Removes entries from<br /> the directory stack</td>
<td><a href="http://rute.2038bug.com/node23.html.gz#SECTION002310000000000000000">RUTE, Section 20.4</a></td>
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<td>pushd</td>
<td> Adds a directory to the<br /> top of the directory stack</td>
<td><a href="http://rute.2038bug.com/node23.html.gz#SECTION002310000000000000000">RUTE, Section 20.4</a></td>
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<td>rm </td>
<td>Remove a file</td>
<td></td>
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<td>shutdown -h now</td>
<td>Shutdown the system now</td>
<td></td>
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<td>shutdown -r now</td>
<td>Shutdown and reboot</td>
<td></td>
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<td>startx</td>
<td>Start Xwindows</td>
<td></td>
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<td>umount</td>
<td>to unmount <br /> yes, the "n" is missing</td>
<td><a href="http://rute.2038bug.com/node22.html.gz#SECTION002240000000000000000">RUTE, Section 19.4</td>
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<td>unalias</td>
<td>Remove alias definition</td>
<td><a href="http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_03_05.html">Bash Beginners Guide</a></td>
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<td>updatedb</td>
<td>Create or update the<br /> database for locate</td>
<td><a href="http://rute.2038bug.com/node7.html.gz#SECTION007140000000000000000">RUTE, Section 4.14</a></td>
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<td>Type few letters and TAB</td>
<td>Autocompletion or list commands <br />beginning with those letters</td>
<td></td>
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<tr> <td>Command</td> <td>Description</td> <td>Reference</td> </tr>