Getting started with linux
Linux Basic commands
Commands
*date -shows today's date and in UTC
*cal-show the calendar for the current month
*uptime-shows the uptime like how long the system is on and running
**whoami who w users id all these commands shows similar information
*Whoami-who is logged in as
*who/w-displays which user is available/online now
*users/id-shows user information
Creating files/directories
*mkdir-used to create directory
*Make nested direcotires-
mkdir -p Dir1/Dir2/Dir3/Dir4
mkdir -p A/B/C/D (A,B,C,D ARE DIRECOTRIES)
*touch -used to create a file
*vi- creates a file if doesn't exist :vi filename hit enter
*nano-to create and open a file if file doesn't exist
hit enter
Deleting a file/directory
*rmdir- removes a directory if directory is empty
*rm -rf : removes the directory and its contents recursively removes all the files and then the directory
*rm - removes a file
