| pwd | tell me what directory I am currently in |
| ls | short list of directory contents |
| ls -l | detailed list of directory contents |
| ls -l | more | detailed list of directory contents, served up one screenful at a time;
hit the space bar to see the next screenful |
| cd public_html | take me to my public_html subdirectory |
| cd | take me to my home directory |
| cd .. | take me to the parent of the current directory |
| mkdir project1 | create a new subdirectory in the current directory called project1 |
| chmod 755 project1 | make project1 readable and executable (but not writable!) for everybody |
| cp file1 newfile | make a copy of file1 called newfile |
| cp file1 ../project2/newfile | make a copy of file1 called newfile in the parallel subdirectory project2 |
| rm file1 | remove (delete) file1 |
| rm * | remove everything in this directory! |
| rm *.png | remove everything with a name ending in .png in this directory |
| rmdir subdir2 | remove subdirectory subdir2 (must be empty) |
| mv file1 newname | rename file1 as newname |
| mv file1 subdir3 | move file1 to the existing subdirectory subdir3
(will simply rename file1 if subdir3 doesn't already exist) |
| clear | clears the SSH window (good idea after a Pico edit session) |
| quota -v | tell me how much of my disk quota I have used |