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Shell beginners' cheatsheet
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| Command | Meaning | (Use your own words to define the command) |
| :------ | :------ | :----------------------------------------- |
| ls<br/><br/> | list | |
| pwd<br/><br/> | print current directory | |
| man <command><br/><br/> | manual | |
| cd <directory> or <path> | change directory | |
| touch <filename><br/><br/> | touch | |
| rm <filename><br/><br/> | remove | |
| mkdir <filename><br/> | make directory| |
| mv <filename> <directory> | move | |
| cp<br/><br/> | copy | |
| cat <filename1> <filename2> | concatenate | |
| grep <criteria> <directory> | globally seatch a regular expression and print | |
| wc [‐l ‐w –c] <file><br/><br/> | word count | |
| find <directory> <criteria> | find | |
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Add more commands at the end of the table (if needed)

Link to this cheatsheet: https://hackmd.io/s/r1oh3Shp7#

To dig deeper into the command line: https://dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr/~mathis/Friends/poly_commandes_unix.pdf