Latest revision as of 12:12, 3 October 2016

Introduction

Details of the Introduction to Unix for Bioinformatics and Genomics Analysis (i2u4bga)

Command	Meaning
`cd` or `cd ~`	change to $HOME directory
`cd -` or `cd -`	change to previous directory location
`ls -ld <dirname>`	list details of the named directory

Symbol(s)	Meaning
`.` or `./`	current, present working directory (relative)
`..` or `../`	Parent directory (relative)
`../../`	Parent of the parent (relative)
`~`	Home directory, $HOME also works (absolute)
`/`	System root directory, not a place to stay in! (absolute)
`/path/to`	Common placeholder for absolute path to somewhere (absolute)

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 = Commands dealing with directories =
-== special directories ==
+== special directories / paths ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! scope="col"| Command
+! scope="col"| Meaning
+|-
+! scope="row"| <code>cd</code> or <code>cd ~</code>
+| change to $HOME directory
+|-
+! scope="row"| <code>cd -</code> or <code>cd -</code>
+| change to previous directory location
+|-
+! scope="row"| <code>ls -ld <dirname></code>
+| list details of the named directory
+|}
+== special directories / paths ==
 {| class="wikitable"
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 ! scope="col"| Meaning
 |-
-! scope="row"| <code>Bread</code>
+! scope="row"| <code>.</code> or <code>./</code>
-| 0.3 kg
+| current, present working directory (relative)
+|-
+! scope="row"| <code>..</code> or <code>../</code>
+| Parent directory (relative)
+|-
+! scope="row"| <code>../../</code>
+| Parent of the parent (relative)
+|-
+! scope="row"| <code>~</code>
+| Home directory, $HOME also works (absolute)
+|-
+! scope="row"| <code>/</code>
+| System root directory, not a place to stay in! (absolute)
 |-
-! scope="row"| <code>Bread</code>
+! scope="row"| <code>/path/to</code>
-| 0.125 kg
+| Common placeholder for absolute path to somewhere (absolute)
 |}
+= Links =
+== More cheatsheets ==
+[http://www.rain.org/~mkummel/unix.html http://www.rain.org/~mkummel/unix.html]