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===== File manipulation ===== | ===== File manipulation ===== | ||
- | Useful commands for manipulating files and directories. | + | Useful commands for manipulating files and directories. To get details about how to use the commands type man < |
+ | ^Command ^Action ^ | ||
+ | |mkdir | make a directory | | ||
+ | |rmdir | remove a directory (only works if the directory is empty ) | | ||
+ | |cd | change directory | | ||
+ | |pwd | present working directory | | ||
+ | |ls | list of files and directories in the directory. You can use wild card to look for specific files. You can also use -l to see details such as permission for files and directories | | ||
+ | |cp | copy a file and/or directories. Use -r to recursively copy. | | ||
+ | |mv | move a file. It will copy and then delete the source. This can be used to rename files as well. | | ||
+ | |rm | remove a file | | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | [mkatari@hpc ~]$ mkdir temp | ||
+ | [mkatari@hpc ~]$ cd temp/ | ||
+ | [mkatari@hpc temp]$ ls | ||
+ | [mkatari@hpc temp]$ cp ../ | ||
+ | [mkatari@hpc temp]$ ls | ||
+ | allusers.txt | ||
+ | [mkatari@hpc temp]$ mv allusers.txt allusers.backup | ||
+ | [mkatari@hpc temp]$ ls | ||
+ | allusers.backup | ||
+ | [mkatari@hpc temp]$ rm allusers.backup | ||
+ | [mkatari@hpc temp]$ ls | ||
+ | [mkatari@hpc temp]$ cd ../ | ||
+ | [mkatari@hpc ~]$ rmdir temp/ | ||
+ | </ | ||
mkatari-bioinformatics-august-2013-introlinuxnotes.txt · Last modified: 2015/06/11 11:50 by mkatari