terminal commands

pwd

print working directory

hostname

my computer's network name

mkdir

make directory

cd

change directory

ls

list directory

rmdir

remove directory

pushd

push directory

popd

pop directory

cp

copy a file or directory

mv

move a file or directory

less

page through a file

cat

print the whole file

xargs

execute arguments

find

find files

grep

find things inside files

man

read a manual page

apropos

find which man page is appropriate

env

look at your environment

echo

print some arguments

export

export/set a new environment variable

exit

exit the shell

sudo

DANGER! become super user root DANGER!

rm -rf <directory>

Forcefully remove directory recursively

rmdir

remove directory

ls -lR

list all directories in the path

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