cli terms (mac)

clithehardway.md

• pwd - print working directory
• hostname - my computer's network name
• mkdir - make directory
• cd - change directory
• ls - list directory
• rmdir - remove directory
• pushd - push directory
• popd - pop directory
• cp - copy a file or directory
• mv - move a file or directory
• less - page through a file
• cat - print the whole file
• xargs - execute arguments
• find - find files
• grep - find things inside files
• man - read a manual page
• apropos - find what man page is appropriate
• env - look at your environment
• echo - print some arguments
• export - export/set a new environment variable
• exit - exit the shell
• sudo - DANGER! become super user root DANGER!
• chmod - change permission modifiers
• chown - change ownership