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Useful terminal commands on Ubuntu

Here we are giving a few basic commands that are useful in Ubuntu

List of useful commands on Ubuntu.

  • ls  -- Lists the contents in a directory



  • cp  -- Copies the files or folders



  • chmod -- Changes permissions on files.

  • mv -- Moves files from one folder to another

  • pwd -- Prints the current working directorycd -- Changes Directory

  • rm -- Removes files or folders

  • chown -- Changes the owner of the file

  • cd -- Changes Directory

        To get the options for these commands use

  • man -- manual command

    ex: man ls

          man cp

         man chmod

    gives detailed information on how to use these commands with options.


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