Operations

Key Combination
Result
Command-U
Remove(crop) from cursor to start
Command-K
Remove(crop) from cursor to end
Command-Y
Paste cropped text
Command-Shift-C
Copy to clipboard
Command-Shift-Y
Paste from clipboard
Up arrow
Recall previous commands
Down arrow
Scroll previous commands
Ctrl-R
Search command history
Ctrl-C
Cancel command
  • man: open manual pages (Ex: $ man ls)
  • file: determines file type (Ex: $ file myfile.txt)
  • stat: Display ownership, modification information, etc. (Ex:$ stat myfile.txt)
  • cd .. : to previous folder
  • mkdir: make a new folder
    • $ mkdir new_folder
    • $ mkdir -p filepath/parent_folder/child_folder
  • rmdir: remove empty folder
  • cp: copy file
    • $ cp poems.txt poems2.txt (first is the file, second is the file where you want to copy to)
  • mv: move file
  • rm: remove file
  • find: find file
  • chmod: change the permissions on a file by modifying the file mode bits.