These are some basic linux commands :

cd dir : change directory to dir
cd : change to home
pwd : show current directory
mkdir dir : create a directory dir
rm file : delete file
rm -r dir : delete directory dir
rm -f file : force remove file
rm -rf dir : force remove directory dir *
cp file1 file2 : copy file1 to file2
cp -r dir1 dir2 : copy dir1 to dir2; create dir2 if it doesn’t exist
mv file1 file2 : rename or move file1 to file2
ln -s file link : create symbolic link link to file or directory
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