| Purpose | Command |
| know the working directory of any file or directory | pwd present working directory or cd space single dot |
| List files and directories | ls |
| List files including hidden files and directories | ls space -a |
| ClearingScreen | clear |
| Change to son Change to son directory From current working directory | cd space sondirectoryname cd /c –> / represents change directory to root directory and from root directory change to c directory cd /c/ravi –> / represents change directory to root directory and from root directory move to c/ravi directory |
| Go from current working directory to current working directory | cd . cd space singledot or pwd |
| Go to parent directory | cd space .. |
| Go to grandparent directory | cd space ../.. |
| Directly go to your home directory from any directory | cd or cd space ~ |
| Create single directory | mkdir [directoryname] |
| create multiple directories | mkdir [directoryname] [anotherdirectoryname] |
| create single file | touch filename.fileextension |
| create multiple files | touch filename.fileextension Anotherfilename.fileextension |
| see what is written on a file without opening it | cat filename.fileextension |
| Delete a file | rm filename.fileextension |
| Delete multiple files | rm filename.fileextension anotherfilename.fileextension |
| Delete a empty Directory | rmdir directoryname |
| Delete multiple empty directories | rmdir directoryname anotherdirectoryname |
| Copy a File or Directory | cp sourcefilenameordirectorywithpath destinationwithpath |
| Move a File or Directory | mv source destination |
| Rename a file | mv |