The basics – getting around

• cd /path/to/file

• ls lists a directory; ls -l is the long format; ls -lah also shows hidden files and uses human-readable sizes

• rm removes a file; rm -r removes a directory

• mv moves a file

• cat displays the contents of a file

• mkdir makes a directory

• pwd tells you the current directory

• . is the current directory

• .. is the parent to the current directory