| C O M M A N
D L I S T
cd | pwd | ls | cat | mkdir | rmdir | cp
| mv | rm | grep | tar | zip | unzip | compress | uncompress
|
| cd |
[directory]
The cd command changes your current working directory to the directory
you specify.
DOS Equivalent: cd
|
| pwd |
The pwd command prints
your current (or present) working directory.
Usage: Simply type "pwd" and
hit return to display your current working directory.
|
| ls |
[directory]
The ls command lists the files and subdirectories in the directory
you specify. If no directory is specified, a list of the files and
subdirectories in the current working directory is displayed.
Usage: The ls command will display all
files in the current working directory - simply type "ls" and
hit return. You can also add some additional arguments to customize the
list display.
If you type "ls -F" it will
append a forward slash to the subdirectory names so you can easily
distinguish them from file names.
If you type "ls -a" it will
show all "hidden files". Hidden files begin with a
".", i.e. ".htaccess" files.
If you type "ls -l" it will
show detailed information about each file and directory, including
permissions, ownership, file size, and when the file was last modified.
You can mix the arguments, i.e. if you
type "ls -aF" you will see a list of all file names (including
hidden files and a forward slash will be appended to directory names.
DOS Equivalent: dir
|
| cat |
[filename]
The cat command displays the contents of the filename you
specify. If you want to display the file one screen at a time try
"cat [filename] | more" or simply "more [filename]"
(you've probably done this at a DOS prompt- "type [filename] |
more").
DOS Equivalent: type
|
| mkdir |
[directory]
The mkdir command makes a new directory with the name, directory,
that you specify. Simply type "mkdir [directory name]" and hit
return.
DOS Equivalent: md or mkdir
|
| rmdir |
[directory]
The rmdir command removes the directory that you specify. Simply
type "rmdir [directory name]" and hit return.
DOS Equivalent: rd or rmdir
|
| cp |
[source-file]
[target-file]
The cp command copies a source-file to a target-file. Simply type
"cp [source-file] [target-file]" and hit return. You can
specify pathnames as part of the file specification. If target-file
exists then it is overwritten.
DOS Equivalent: copy
|
| mv |
[source-file]
[target-file]
The mv command renames a file or moves it to a new location. Simply type
"mv [source-file] [target-file]" and hit return. You can
specify pathnames as part of the file specification. If target-file
exists then it is overwritten.
DOS Equivalent: rename
|
| rm |
[filename]
The rm command deletes (removes) a file. Simply type "rm
[filename]" and hit return. You can specify pathnames as part of
the file specification.
DOS Equivalent: del
|
| grep |
[pattern] [filenames]
The grep command finds lines in files that match specified text
patterns. Simply type "grep [pattern] [filenames]" and hit
return. You can specify pathnames as part of the file specification. For
example if you want to search for a patter "gif" in all html
files in your current working directory, you would type "grep gif
*.html" and hit return. The grep command would then list all
occurrences of "gif" it finds in .html files in the current
working directory.
DOS Equivalent: find
|
| tar |
[options] [tarfile]
[files]
The tar command copies a file or files to or from an archive. To put all
the files in a directory into one tar format file, simply type "tar
cvf tarfile directory" at a telnet command prompt and replace
tarfile with the name you want to call your archived file, and replace
directory with the name of the directory that contains the files you
want to tar.
To extract the files from a tar format
archive, simply type "tar xvf tarfile at a telnet command prompt
and replace tarfile with the name of the archived file you are
extracting.
For example, you could type tar cvf
pages.tar htdocs" at a telnet command prompt to archive the files
in the htdocs directory to a tar format file called pages.tar.
To view the contents of the pages.tar
tarfile without extracting them, type "tar tvf pages.tar".
This will display all files that are included in the tar archive.
You could also type "tar xvf pages.tar"
at a telnet command prompt to extract into the current directory
the files in the archive pages.tar.
|
| zip |
[options] [zipfile]
[files]
The zip command compresses a file or list of files into a zip format
archive file. This command is compatible with pkzip on a PC. Simply type
"zip zipfile file1 file2 file3" at a telnet command prompt and
replace zipfile with the name you want to use for your compressed zip
archive file, and replace fileX with the name of the file(s) you want to
compress into the zip archive.
For example, type "zip backup.zip
home.html index.html" at a telnet command prompt to compress and
archive the files called home.html and index.html into the file called
backup.zip.
DOS Equivalent: pkzip
|
| unzip |
[options] [zipfile]
The unzip command extracts a zip format archive file. This command is
compatible with pkunzip files from a PC. Simply type "unzip zipfile"
at a telnet command prompt and replace zipfile with the name of your zip
format archive file.
For example, type "unzip -aL old.zip"
at a telnet command prompt to extract files contained in the archive
called old.zip. The "-aL" are options that are generally
useful when unzipping files created on a PC.
DOS Equivalent: pkunzip
|
| compress |
[files]
The compress command shrinks a file or
files into compressed versions to save space on your Virtual Private Servers.
This command is good for you to use on your log files when they get very
large. Simply type "compress filename(s)" at a telnet command
prompt and replace filename(s) with the name of your files you want to
compress.
For example, type "compress access_log
agent_log" at a telnet command prompt to compress the
access_log and agent_log files. The compressed files will
then be access_log.Z and agent_log.Z.
|
| uncompress |
[files]
The uncompress command expands a compressed file or set of
compressed files. Simply type "uncompress filename(s)"
and hit return. |
