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This Is Your Brain On Informatics: Linux Commands

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| ln
| ln ''options'' ''source'' ''destination''
| Link: creates a shortcut. Use -s for the ''options'' to create a soft link (more capabilities)
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| ls
| Lists the files and directories in a given directory
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| man| man ''command''| Opens the manual page for the given command|-| mkdir| mkdir ''options'' ''filename''| Makes a directory at the given location with the given name|-| mv| mv ''options'' ''source'' ''destination''| Moves a file or directory from the source to the destination|-| pwd| pwd| Displays the pathname for the current directory|-| rm| rm ''options'' ''filename''| Removes the given file. If -rf is used for the options, a directory and its roots will be removed as well|-| ssh| ssh ''options'' ''user@machine''| Remotely logs into the given machine with the given user name|-| sudo| sudo ''command''| Allows super user privileges for the given command (requires root password). sudo su allows login to root|-| tar| tar -xzvf| Extracts files with the extension *.tar.gz or *.tgz|-| touch| touch ''filename''| Creates an empty file with given name|- 
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