pwd: present working directory, to show current position
ls: list the contents, to show the list of files
cd: change directories, used for going to certain folder/file. e.g. cd ~/desktop/-> go to desktop
cd ..: go back to the previous directory
touch: to create a new file: touch tryout.txt
cat(1): display the content of the file: cat tryout.txt
cat(2): to create a new file: cat > aNewFile.txt
cat(3): to concatenate two files: cat tryout1.txt tryout2.txt > tryout3.txt
note: There are still a bunch of usages of 'cat', it's a powerful and complex tool!
mkdir: make a directory: mkdir kk->then create a folder called kk