Appendix A. Command Reference and Configuration File Reference

This appendix contains a reference of common FreeBSD commands It is divided into sections for commands related to files and directories, system administration, and so on. Each entry gives a short description of the command along with the chapter in which more information can be found. It also contains a list of some of the common FreeBSD configuration files.

Command Action
File- and Directory-Manipulation Commands
cd dirname Change to the directory dirname; if path is notspecified, dirname is assumed to be relative to the current path. (Chapter 8, “Working with the Shell”)
ls Lists the contents of the current directory. Popular options include -l to list the attributes of each entry, ...

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