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Directs the standard o/p to the /tmp/deleteme file , then directs the standard error messages be sent to the same place as the standard o/p. Both the list of files in the /bin directory and the error message are written to the file   ls /bin /nonesuch > /tmp/deleteme 2>&1  
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Write the contents of the /bin directory to the /tmp/deleteme file, error message '/nonesuch not found' to the screen, because standard error messages are directed to the same place standard o/p before standard has been directed to the file   ls /bin /nonsuch 2>&1 /tmp/deleteme  
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Reads items from standard input and breaks up long lists of arguments into smaller, usable lists   xargs  
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Overcomes a 128 KB shell command size restriction in older Linux kernels - and commonly takes input from: find, ls, locate, and grep -l   xargs  
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xargs Options: Ignore space names in files   find / -print0 -name *.odt | xargs -0 rm  
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xargs Options:Replace the initial argument of a command with the argument from the standard input   xargs -l  
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Find all the .jpg files on te computer and copies them into the /home/usr/Pictures directory   find / -name `*.jpg` | xags -l var1 cp var1 /home/usr/Pictures  
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Takes input from the unordered _file.txt file and sends it to the SORT command and then writes a new file named ordered_file.txt   sort < unordered_file.txt > ordered_file.txt  
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ls Option: list in reverse order   ls -r  
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mv Options: Overwrites directory that already exists in the destination directory   mv -f  
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mv Options: Prompt before overwriting a directory in the destination directory   mv -i  
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mv Options: Never overwrite files in the destination directory   mv -n  
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Move or rename directories and files. Moving directories erases the source directory and places it in the destination   mv  
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Delete an EMPTY directory   rmdir  
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Delete directory, sub-directories and files without prompting   rm -rf  
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Directory contains binary commands that are available to all users   /bin  
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Directory contains the kernel and bootloader files   /boot  
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Directory contains device files that represet the devices used by the system , such asa hard-drive, mouse, and printer   /dev  
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Directory contains configuration files specific to the system   /etc  
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Directory contains by default the user home directories   /home  
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Directory contains shared program libraries and kernel modules   /lib  
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Directory contains the /cdrom and /floppy directories   /media  
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Directory is an empty directory, and often used for temporarily mounted filesystems   /mnt  
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Directory contains the additional programs on the system   /opt  
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Directory is the root user's home directory, Not to be confused the the root of the system (/)   /root  
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Directory contains information about the system's state and processes   /proc  
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Directory contains system binary commands   /sbin  
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Directory contains files for servers such as HTTP and FTP servers   /srv  
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Directory contains the sysfs virtual file system which displays info about devices and drivers   /sys  
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Directory contains temporary files created by programs during system use (should be periodically cleared - have its own partition)   /tmp  
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Directory contains system commands and utilities   /usr  
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Directory contains data files that change constantly (volatile)   /var  
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/var Sub-directory: holds email in boxes   /var/mail  
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/var Sub-directory: holds files waiting for processing, such as print jobs or scheduled jobs   /var/spool  
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/var Sub-directory: holds www or proxy cache files   /var/www  
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List the FIRST 10 lines of a file (default).   head  
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List the first 20 lines of the /home/myfile file   head -n 20 /home/myfile  
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List the LAST 10 lines of a file (default)   tail  
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List the LAST 20 lines of the /home/myfile file   tail -n 20 /home/myfile  
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List all lines of the /home/myfile EXCEPT the first 15 line   tail -n -15 /home/myfile  
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Display the file TYPE - shows whether the file is a text,data, xml, or other type of file   file  
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File uses signatures in:   /usr/share misc/magic /usr/share/misc/magic.mgc /etc/magic  
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cp Options: Overwrites files that already exist in the DESTINATION directory   cp -f  
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cp Options: Prompts before overwriting a file in the DESTINATION directory   cp -i  
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cp Options: Update the existing DESTINATION file   cp -u  
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cp Options: Create a HARD LINK rather than copying a file   cp -l  
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cp Options: Create a SYMBOLIC LINK rather than copying a file   cp -s  
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cp Example: Create a symbolic linked named /home/myfile that points to /home/text_link   cp -s /home/myfile /home/text_link  
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ln Options: Create a backup of a file   ln -b  
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ln Example: backup /home/asmith/myfile to /backup - copy myfile as myfile in /backup   ln -b /home/asmith/myfile /backup  
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Derlates a file and overwrites the file information   shred  
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shred Options: Specify the number of times to overwrite -default is 25   shred -n  
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shred Options: delete the inode   shred -u  
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shred Options: display progress (Verbose)   shred -v  
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shred Options: Overwrite the FILENAME with zeros   shred -z  
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shred Example: Deletes the companyplan.txt file and overwrites the file with random information, then leave zeros in place of the file   shred -u -z companyplan.txt  
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List file ATTRIBUTES   lsattr  
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lsattr Options: Recursively list attributes of directories and their contents   lsattr -R  
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lsattr Options: Display the program version   lsattr - V  
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lsattr Options: List all files in directories   lsattr -a  
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lsattr Options: List directories like other files, rather than listing their contents   lsattr -d  
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lsattr Options: List the file's version/generation number   lsattr -v  
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