Command
|
What
this command does.... |
| ls |
This
command will list all of the files and directories within the
current directory.
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| cd
<directory> |
This
command will change your current directory to the directroy you
specify. An example would be that "cd public_html" would take you
into your public_html directory.
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| mv
<filename> <location> |
This
command will move a file from its current location within the
current directory to the directory you specify. For example, lets
say you are in your public_html directory and you want to move the
file "links.cgi" into your "cgi-local" directory. At the prompt type
"mv links.cgi cgi-local.
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| chmod XXX
<filename or directory> |
This
command will set the permissions on a file or directory to whatever
you specify. The "XXX" would be replaced by actual numbers, such as
644. For example, if we wanted to set the permissions on our
links.cgi file in our cgi-local directory, we would first go into
that directory then type "chmod 755 links.cgi" at the prompt.
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| rm
<filename or directory> |
This
command will delete the filename or directory you specify in the
current directory. If we wanted to remove the directory named
"user", we would type "rm user" at the prompt.
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| man
<command> |
This is one
of the most helpful commands for new users. It allows you to see all
of the different options for a particular command. For example, if
were were to type "man ls", we would then see all of the different
options available for the list (ls) com mand.
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| traceroute
<domain> |
This
command will perform a traceroute on a particular virtual domain to
see how many hops it takes to get from your location to the domain
specified. An example would be "traceroute yahoo.com", which would
show us how long it takes for packets to get to yahoo.com and how
they get there.
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| whois
<domain> |
This
command will display the current InterNIC record including
administrative, technical, and billing contact for a particular
domain if it is already owned.
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