| Basic UNIX
commands for Free BSD |
| man |
Manual |
| man -k |
Search Manual |
| ls |
List files |
| ls -l |
List files with details |
| cd |
Change directory |
| mkdir |
Make directory |
| rmdir |
Remove directory |
| rm |
Remove file |
| rm -dr |
Remove fiels and directories (like
deltree) |
| mv |
Move files and directories |
| grep |
Search for all matching text in a
file or files |
| grep -v |
Search for all non-matching text in
a file or files |
| Some useful commands for
vi (the visual editor) |
| i |
Insert at this point |
| o |
Make a new line after this one and
insert new text there |
| a |
Append - insert text after this
character |
| [esc] |
Escape - end this insert |
| u |
Undo - undo last insert sequence |
| dd |
Delete line (cut) |
| 10dd |
Delete 10 lines (etc...) |
| yy |
Yank line (copy) |
| 10yy |
Yank 10 lines (etc...) |
| p |
Paste |
| :w |
Write |
| :q |
Quit |
| :n |
Next file (vi *.html) |
| :prev |
Previous file |
| /string |
Search for the next occurance of
string |
| / |
Find the next occurance |
| ? |
Find the previous occurance |
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