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Pysdlb at 09:32, 21 November 2023

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Pysdlb: /* Further Commands */

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‎Further Commands

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‎Further Commands

Pysdlb: /* rm */

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Pysdlb: /* The Command Line */

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‎The Command Line

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 ==Directories==
-As with other operating systems such as Microsoft Windows the filesystem is based around files and directories. Linux is no exception to this and uses a number of commands for the user to navigate around its own filesystem.
+As with other operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, the filesystem is based around files and directories. Linux is no exception to this and uses several commands for the user to navigate around its filesystem.
 ===File Paths===
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 ===pwd===
-On the command line pwd (or print working directory) basically displays the current directory you are in. This would appear as:
+On the command line pwd (or print working directory) displays the current directory you are in. This would appear as:
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 ===cd===
-On the command line cd (or change directory) changes your current directory to the one specified:
+On the command line cd (or change directory) change your current directory to the one specified:
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-To go to the directory above (or parent directory), we use the characters ..
+To go to the directory above (or the parent directory), we use the characters ..
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 ===mkdir===
-This commands makes a directory from the specified directory:
+This command makes a directory from the specified directory:
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 ==Files==
-Files on Linux are case sensitive. This means that FILE1 is different from file1, and /etc/hosts are different from /etc/Hosts (the latter one does not exist on a typical Linux computer).
+Files on Linux are case-sensitive. This means that FILE1 is different from file1, and /etc/hosts are different from /etc/Hosts (the latter one does not exist on a typical Linux computer).
-Everything on Linux is a file. A directory is a special kind of file, but it is still a (case sensitive!) file. Each terminal window (for example /dev/pts/4), any hard disk or partition (for example /dev/sdb1), and any process are all represented somewhere in the file system as a file.
+Everything on Linux is a file. A directory is a special kind of file, but it is still a (case-sensitive!) file. Each terminal window (for example /dev/pts/4), any hard disk or partition (for example /dev/sdb1), and any process are all represented somewhere in the file system as a file.
 ===touch===
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 ===cat===
-The '''cat''' command (short for concatenate) one of the most universal tools, yet all it does is copy standard input to standard output.
+The '''cat''' command (short for concatenate) is one of the most universal tools, yet all it does is copy standard input to standard output.
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-|style="width:95%; border-width: 0" | <strong>''REMOVING A FILE IS PERMANENT''</strong>,  there is no recycling bin -  this file will be '''gone forever'''.
+|style="width:95%; border-width: 0" | <strong>''REMOVING A FILE OR DIRECTORY IS PERMANENT''</strong>,  there is no recycling bin -  this file/directory will be '''gone forever'''.
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 ===rm===
-<strong>''REMOVING A FILE IS PERMANENT''</strong>,  there is no recycling bin - this file will be gone forever.
+{|
 Remove a file, as always be very careful with this command and without a backup, this file will be lost forever.

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 The command line in Linux is referred to as a shell. The shell is a program that allows the user to interact with Linux at the command line. In true Linux style, there are a few different ones to choose from. However, the one used predominantly is BASH. The name BASH is an acronym for “Bourne Again SHell”, a reference to BASH is an enhanced replacement for sh, the original Unix shell program written by Steve Bourne.
-Below is an example of Viper's command-line interface using the terminal program [http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/ MobaXterm].
+Below is an example of Viper's command-line interface using the terminal program [[Quickstart/Connect #Connecting on a Windows PC| MobaXterm]].
 [[File:commandline.jpg]]

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	You can use rm -r directory_name to remove directories that are not empty.		You can use rm -r directory_name to remove directories that are not empty.
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		+	==Further Commands==
		+	[[FurtherTopics/Linux Command Line Advanced\| Additional (but non-essential) Commands]]
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		+	[[FurtherTopics/Command Line File Permissions\| File permissions in the command line]]