Quick Command List: Command reference

<table class="inline"> <tr> <td>Command</td> <td>Short description</td> <td>References</td> </tr> <tr> <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> </tr> <tr> <td>apropos </td> <td>list manpages that contain a word <br/> in name or description</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>cat </td> <td>Display a file</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <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> </tr> <tr> <td>cp </td> <td>Copy </td> <td><a href="http://rute.2038bug.com/node7.html.gz#SECTION00740000000000000000">RUTE, Section 4.4</a></td> </tr> <tr> <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> </td> </tr> <tr> <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> </td> </tr> <tr> <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> </tr> <tr> <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> </tr> <tr> <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> </td> </tr> <tr> <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> </td> </tr> <tr> <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> </tr> <tr> <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> </tr> <tr> <td>mv </td> <td>Move</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <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> </tr> <tr> <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> </tr> <tr> <td>rm </td> <td>Remove a file</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>shutdown -h now</td> <td>Shutdown the system now</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>shutdown -r now</td> <td>Shutdown and reboot</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>startx</td> <td>Start Xwindows</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <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> </tr> <tr> <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> </tr> <tr> <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> </tr> <tr> <td>Type few letters and TAB</td> <td>Autocompletion or list commands <br />beginning with those letters</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>

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