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Saturday, January 14, 2012

File Manipulation Commands in Unix With GUI and CLI

Conqueror is a KDE utility for visualizing and navigating the file system. The location bar displays the directory whose contents are being displayed. The main window can be configured to display information in different ways. Directories and files can be manipulated through menu options, shortcut icons and context-sensitive menus (i.e. by right-clicking on an object).  File permission information can be accessed through the properties option (covered in more detail later).



Command Summary 1.

Command                           Description
startx                           start the graphical display
passwd                       change a user's password

Command Summary 2.

Command-line interface (CLI)
File manipulation with the CLI
Viewing file contents; text editors
File system security – users and groups
Shell job control

Understanding paths is important when using the CLI.  Absolute pathname: a path that describes the location of the file from the root directory, e.g. /home/Dilbert/admin/budget.doc.  Relative pathname: a path that described the location of the file from the current directory, e.g. admin/budget.doc.  A user is automatically placed in his home directory when logging in or opening a new terminal or shell. The command pwd prints the current working directory. Go to Linux Directory Hierarchy