File navigation and Basic Operations

pwd

print working directory

cd <path>

change driectory to <path> cd ~

ls -lrt

directory file list with details

touch

create a file

mv <path1+filename> <path2>

move the file in path1 to path2, it can used to rename file

cp <path1+filename> <path2>

copy, same as above

file <filename>

show the file-type

ls -lrt <filename>

details about the file

stat <filename>

tail -f

show last rows of the file and keep update (live mnonitoring)

vi <filname>

open the file with vi editor