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Windows, Linux and MAC bacic command line commands

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Computers Network Name   hostname    
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Make Directory   mkdir    
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Change Directory   cd    
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List Directory   ls    
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Remove Directory   rmdir    
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Push Directory   pushd    
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Pop Directory   popd    
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Copy Directory   cp    
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Robust Copy (Windows Only)   robocopy    
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Move file or Directory   mv    
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Page Through a File (Linux/Mac)   less    
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Page Through A File (Windows)   more    
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Print The Whole File (Linux/Mac)   cat    
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Print The Whole File (Windows)   type    
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Exit the Shell   exit    
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Print Some Arguments   echo    
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Execute Arguments (Linux/Mac)   xargs    
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Find Files (Linux/Mac)   find    
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Find Things Inside Files (Linux/Mac)   grep    
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Read Manual Page (Linux/Mac)   man    
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Find What Manual Page is Appropriate (Linux/Mac)   apropos    
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Look at your Environment (Linux/Mac)   env    
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Export/Set new Environment Variable (Linux/Mac)   export    
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Superuser (Linux/Mac)   sudo    
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Change permission Modifiers (Linux/Mac)   chmod    
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Change Ownership (Linux/Mac)   chown    
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Run a command on Lots of files (Windows)   forfiles    
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Find Files (Windows)   dir -r    
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Find things inside of Files (Windows)   select-string    
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Read a Manual Page (Windows)   help    
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Find what page is appropriate (Windows)   helpctr    
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Export/Set a new environment variable (Windows)   set    
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Become Super User / Admin (Windows)   runas    
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Change Permission Modifiers (Windows)   attrib    
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Change Ownership (Windows)   iCACLS    
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Print Working Directory   pwd    
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