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= Commands dealing with directories =
 
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! scope="col"| Command
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! scope="col"| Meaning
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! scope="row"| <code>cd</code> or <code>cd ~</code>
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| change to $HOME directory
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! scope="row"| <code>cd -</code> or <code>cd -</code>
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| change to previous directory location
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! scope="row"| <code>ls -ld <dirname></code>
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| list details of the named directory
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! scope="row"| <code>/path/to</code>
 
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| Common placeholder for absolute path to somewhere (absolute)
 
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= Links =
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== More cheatsheets ==
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[http://www.rain.org/~mkummel/unix.html http://www.rain.org/~mkummel/unix.html]

Latest revision as of 12:12, 3 October 2016

Introduction

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

Commands dealing with directories

special directories / paths

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

special directories / paths

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)

Links

More cheatsheets

http://www.rain.org/~mkummel/unix.html