Common Linux Shell Command Reference Print

If you want to copy all the files and folders from /path/folder/ to /other_path/folder/ you would...

Move to the Source Folder

cd /path/folder/

Copy All Files from Current Folder to Destination Folder

cp -R * /path/destination/folder/

Mount New Disk

1. Create Folder to Mount Too
   
   mkdir /path/folder
   ie: mkdir /media/disk1
   
   
2. Mount the Disk
   
   mount -t {file-system-type} /disk/id /media/disk1
   
   -t indicates the type of file system - vfat = FAT32
   /disk/id indicates the disk identification - this can be attained by typing "fdisk -l" to list all available disks

Basic Directory Operations

• List Directory Contents
  
  ls -al
  
  
• Change Directory
  
  cd dirname
  
  
• Make Directory
  
  mkdir dirname
  
  
• Remove Directory (and all contents)
  
  rmdir dirname -Rf
  
  

Create TAR.GZ Gzip Compressed Tarball Files (For BACKUP, STORAGE, or TRANSFER)

• Create TAR.GZ of all folder contents
  
  tar -czvf filename.tar.gz .
  -or- 
  tar cvf - . | gzip > filename.tar.gz
  
  
• Create TAR.GZ of just JPG images (for example)
  
  tar -czvf filename.tar.gz *.jpg
  -or- 
  tar cvf - *.jpg | gzip > filename.tar.gz
  
  
• Extract TAR.GZ contents (into current folder)
  
  tar -xzvf filename.tar.gz
  -or
  tar xvfz filename.tar.gz
  

How to Recursively CHMOD Files and Folders

• Recursively CHMOD Folders Only
  
  find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
  
• Recursively CHMOD Files Only
  
  find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;