Discussion on: Linux Basics

[Chittoji Murali Sree Krishna]

Nice, but misses out few

Like:

mkdir directoryname
# Make directory
touch filename
# Make files
cd dirname
# Changing the directory
cd ..
# Going back to previous directory
cd
# Going to home Directory
mv filename /Directory/filename 
# It will move the file from somewhere to other
cp filename /directory/filename 
# It will copy the file from on to other
less filename
# This will print contents inside the file but only one page per time
ls -a && ls -al
# Prints all the files or folders inside directory even the hidden ones, same prints permissions for all even for hidden
man command
# To see manual-pages of the command or another way for command --help
locate filename 
# To locate the file 
df
# Used to see disk space to see space in megabytes df -m
uname -a
# See the distro details
hostname
# To see the name of the host or wifi
hostname -i
# To see ip address
chmod
# chmod +x filename to make file executable or chmod 777 filename to give file root permission 

There might be more but these were upto my knowledge

[Rudrakshi]

Thanks for sharing this!

[Shrihan]

touch command is the most basic one which many people misunderstand. The touch command is used to modify timestamps on a file, but it actually gives the effect of creating a new file.

[Chittoji Murali Sree Krishna]

touch filename - will create an empty file
touch -a filename - change the access time only
touch -c filename - if the file does not exist, do not create it
touch -d filename - update the access and modification times
touch -m filename - change the modification time only
touch -r - use the access and modification timestamp of file
touch -t - creates a file using a specified time

it creates a file and also can modify the timestamps

[Shrihan]

Exactly!

[Chittoji Murali Sree Krishna]

most of the people will not use these options & they won't bother about timestamps, so I haven't mentioned them previously.