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Command Line Cheat Sheet
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Directories.md

pwd Display path of current directory.

cd <directoryName> Move into a directory. (no < > necessary)

cd .. Navigate up one directory (into a parent directory)

cd ../.. Navigate up two directories.

ls List directory contents

ls -la List detailed directory contents, including hidden files

mkdir <directoryName> Create new directory

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rm <fileName> Delete (remove) file

rm -r <directoryName> Delete (remove) a directory (-r is for recursive deletion)

rm -f <fileName> Force-delete a file (use rm -rf <directoryName> to force delete directory)

mv <fileName-old> <fileName-new> Rename fileName-old to fileName-new

mv <fileName> <directoryName> Move fileName to directoryName (could overwrite file if name is already in directory)

cp <fileName> <directoryName> Copy fileName to directoryName

cp -r <directoryName-1> <directoryName-2> Copy directoryName-1 to directoryName-2

touch <fileName> Create file

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