Easy linux learn command line-Part3

Hi, in this post we learn how to work with files and directory in linux terminal

Command Description # cd /home enter to directory '/ home'    # cd .. go back one level    # cd ../.. go back two levels    # cd go to home directory    # cd ~user1 go to home directory    # cd - go to previous directory    # cp file1 file2 copying a file    # cp dir/* . copy all files of a directory within the current work directory    # cp -a /tmp/dir1 . copy a directory within the current work directory    # cp -a dir1 dir2 copy a directory    # cp file file1 outputs the mime type of the file as text    # iconv -l lists known encodings    # iconv -f fromEncoding -t toEncoding inputFile > outputFile converting the coding of characters from one format to another    # find . -maxdepth 1 -name *.jpg -print -exec convert batch resize files in the current directory and send them to a thumbnails directory (requires convert from Imagemagick)    # ln -s file1 lnk1 create a symbolic link to file or directory    # ln file1 lnk1 create a physical link to file or directory    # ls view files of directory    # ls -F view files of directory    # ls -l show details of files and directory    # ls -a show hidden files    # ls *[0-9]* show files and directory containing numbers    # lstree show files and directories in a tree starting from root # mkdir dir1 create a directory called 'dir1'    # mkdir dir1 dir2 create two directories simultaneously    # mkdir -p /tmp/dir1/dir2 create a directory tree    # mv dir1 new_dir rename / move a file or directory    # pwd show the path of work directory    # rm -f file1 delete file called 'file1'    # rm -rf dir1 remove a directory called 'dir1' and contents recursively    # rm -rf dir1 dir2 remove two directories and their contents recursively    # rmdir dir1 delete directory called 'dir1'    # touch -t 0712250000 file1 modify timestamp of a file or directory - (YYMMDDhhmm)    # tree show files and directories in a tree starting from root