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This document provides descriptions and syntax for 24 common Linux/Unix commands including mkdir, cd, ls, touch, cat, cp, mv, rm, rmdir, pwd, cal, man, date, echo, ps, chmod, history, logout, chown, finger, kill, more, who, and time. It lists the command name, short description of what it does, syntax, and examples for each command covered.

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Os Lab - 1

This document provides descriptions and syntax for 24 common Linux/Unix commands including mkdir, cd, ls, touch, cat, cp, mv, rm, rmdir, pwd, cal, man, date, echo, ps, chmod, history, logout, chown, finger, kill, more, who, and time. It lists the command name, short description of what it does, syntax, and examples for each command covered.

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LAB - 01

AIM :- Study and practice of unix/Linux general purpose utility command list
Man,who,cat,cd,cp,ps,ls,mv,mkdir,rmdir,echo,more,date,time,kill,History,
Chmod,chown,finger,pwd,cal,logout,shutdown

1.Command Name :- mkdir


Description :- Create the Directory(ies), if they do not already exist.
Syntax :- mkdir[OPTION]...DIRECTORY…
Examples :-

2.Command Name :- cd
Description :- The cd command in Linux stands for change directory.
It is used to change the current directory of the terminal.
Syntax :- cd <dirname>
Examples :-

3.Command Name :- ls
Description :- List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default)..
Syntax :- ls [OPTION]...[FILE]...
Options :- -l use a long listing format
Examples :-

4.Command Name :- touch


Description :- A File argument that does not exist is created empty.
Syntax :- touch [OPTION}..FILE...
Examples :-

5.Command Name :- cat


Description :- Concatenate Files(s) to standard output.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
Syntax :- cat [OPTION]....[FILE]...
Examples :-
6.Command Name :- cp
Description :- Copy Source to Dest, or multiple Source(s) to Directory.
Syntax :- cp
Examples :-

7.Command Name :- mv
Description :- Rename Source to Dest, or move Source(s) to Directory.
Syntax :- mv[OPTION]...SOURCE DEST
Examples :-

8.Command Name :- rm
Description :- rm removes each specified file.
Syntax :- rm[OPTION]...[FILE]...
Examples :-
9.Command Name :- rmdir
Description :- Remove the Directory(ies), if they are empty
Syntax :- rmdir [OPTION]...DIRECTORY…
Examples :-

10.Command Name :- pwd


Description :- Print the full filename of the current working directory.
Syntax :- pwd[OPTION]...
Examples :-

11.Command Name :- cal


Description :- cal displays a simple calendar. If no arguments are specified, the current
Month is displayed.
Syntax :- cal [options][[[day]month]year]
Options :- -m Display Monday as the first day of the week.
Examples :-

12.Command Name :- man


Description :- man is the system’s manual pager. Each page argument given to
man is normally the name of a program, utility or function.
Syntax :- man [man options][[section] page…]...
Examples :-
13.Command Name :- date
Description :- Display the current time in the given Format, or set the system date.
Syntax :- date [OPTION]...[+FORMAT]
Examples :-

14.Command Name :- echo


Description :- Echo the String(s) to standard output.
Syntax :- echo [Short - Option]... [String]...
Examples :-

15.Command Name :- ps
Description :- provides a snapshot of current processes and their status.
Syntax :- ps [options]
Examples :-

16.Command Name :- chmod


Description :- chmod changes the file mode bits of each given file according to mode,
which can be either a symbolic representation of changes to make, or an octal number
representing the bit pattern for the new mode bits.
Syntax :- chmod [OPTION]...
Examples :-
17.Command Name :- history
Description :- used to display the history of the commands executed by the user.
Syntax :- history
Examples :-
18.Command Name :- logout
Description :- terminates all processes either with the same controlling terminal as
the present process or with all processes which have this terminal open.
Syntax :- logout

19.Command Name :- chown


Description :- chown changes the user and/or group ownership of each given file.
Syntax :- chown[OPTION]...[OWNER][:GROUP]]FILE..

20.Command Name :- finger


Description :- a user information lookup command which gives details of all users logged in
Syntax :- finger

21.Command Name :- kill


Description :- a built-in command. It is used for manually terminating the processes.
Syntax :- kill [signal] pid
22.Command Name :- more
Description :- more is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time.
Syntax :- more [OPTIONS] files…

23.Command Name :- who


Description :- Print information about users who are currently logged in.
Syntax :- who[OPTION]...[FILE | ARG1 ARG2]

24.Command Name :- time


Description :- displays how long it takes execute a command.
Syntax :- time[option][command]

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