| pwd |
Print current working directory |
| cd |
Change to directory |
| mkdir |
Make directory |
| rmdir |
Remove directory (must be empty) |
| rm -rf |
Remove directory (very dangerous) |
| cp |
Copy a file or directory |
| mv |
Move (or rename) a file or directory |
| tar |
Backs up a directory tree |
| cat |
Print file to screen or stdout |
| less |
Scroll forward or backward through file |
| mount |
Associates a partition with a directory |
| umount |
Dissociates a partition from a directory |
| mkfs |
Make a filesystem on a partition (like dos format) |
| fdisk |
Handle partitions on a physical drive |
| df |
Reports disk space on each mounted partition |
| du |
Reports disk usage in a tree |