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Ubuntu Basic Commands
Ubuntu Basic Commands
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Introduction to Ubuntu
Outlines
• Overview
• Opening the terminal
• Basic Commands
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Ubuntu Getting Started
Opening the terminal
On Ubuntu you can find a launcher for the terminal by clicking on the
Activities item at the top left of the screen, then typing the first few
letters of “terminal”.
Opening the terminal
You should end up with a window like this:
Interacting with the terminal
1- pwd
pwd (print working directory) command displays the full pathname
of the current working directory.
You should see a directory path printed out (probably something like
/home/YOUR_USERNAME)
2- ls
ls (list) command lists all files and folders in your current working
directory.
If there are three files in the current directory, the output will be like
this
3- mkdir
cp (copy) command allows you to copy a file. You should specify both
files: the file that you want to be copied and the location that you
want it copied to.
Syntax: cp source_file_name destination_file_name
cp Example
8- rm