This Is Your Brain On Informatics: Linux Commands: Difference between revisions

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Command	Syntax	Description
cat	cat filename	Display file’s contents to the standard output device (usually your monitor)
cd	cd /pathname	Change to the given directory
chmod*	chmod options mode filename	Changes a file's permissions.
chown*	chown options filename

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+===General Linux Command Info===
+<p>
+*Almost every single command should have an argument (an input for a function)
+*A filename in Linux refers to both a file's name and a directory's name
+</p>
 ===Common Linux Commands===
-{|
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Command
+! Syntax
+! Description
 |-
-! Command !! Syntax !! Description
+| cat
+| cat ''filename''
+| Display file’s contents to the standard output device (usually your monitor)
 |-
-|
+| cd
+| cd ''/pathname''
+| Change to the given directory
 |-
-|
+| chmod*
+| chmod ''options'' ''mode'' ''filename''
+| Changes a file's permissions.
 |-
+| chown*
+| chown ''options'' ''filename''
+|
 |}