UNIX for Amoebae [courtesy of Dr. Victor Apanius]
Simple unix commands for simple animals:
| dir | show files in current directory
directories are also listed |
| ls -l | show a more comprehensive file list |
| mv filename1 filename2 | rename filefilename1 to filename2)
move file between directories when the filename includes the directory name, e.g mv index.html www/index.html moves the file into the www directory |
| cd directoryname | change directories
use dir .. to go back to the previous (lower level) directory |
| mkdir directoryname | make directory |
| rm filename | remove/delete file |
| rmdir filename | remove/delete directory |