Working with directories in unix

Command	What it does	What it takes	Flags
pwd	Prints working directory	-
cd	Changes directory	New directory to change to
mkdir	Makes a directory	It first takes the new name, and then the directory you want to create this new directory in	todo read up on the flag -p
cp (what an unfortunate name)	Copies files in many ways	cp myfile newname duplicates the file and renames it cp file1 fil2 B09 takes in several files and copies it into a directory cp -R /home/krish /tmp/mystuff takes two directories, fully copies one directory into the other. todo Play with these they seem very important	-a or --archive copies the ownership / permission of the files into the new file (by default it copies the default attributes of the user) -i or --interactive makes you ask for confirmation (otherwise files can be overwritten with no remorse) -r recursive (copies directories AND their contents). Required when copying directories -u or --update will only copy files that don’t exist or can be updated. Basically it “skips” already existing files -v or --verbose prints all sorts of great info while copying
mv	”Move” (Renames files or moves files to another directory) can be used like mv file1 dir2 or mv file1 file2 for renaming	For rename: mv myfile renamedfile For moving: mv myfileordirectory newdirectory If the directory dir2 does not exist, it will create it for you.
rm	Removes a file	A file or directory, but it won’t delete a directory unless you call something like rm -r /home/krishtodo uhhh
rmdir	Removes a directory (checks if it’s empty first though)	A directory

Other commands

touch	Creates a file	A name