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Linux Pocket Guide
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Linux Pocket Guide

by Daniel J. Barrett
February 2004
Beginner content levelBeginner
200 pages
5h 40m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Basic File Operations

ls

List files in a directory

cp

Copy a file

mv

Rename (“move”) a file

rm

Delete (“remove”) a file

ln

Create links (alternative names) to a file

One of the first things you’ll need to do on a Linux system is manipulate files: copying, renaming, deleting, and so forth.

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