Basic Unix Commands | Get Started with Unix for Absolute Beginners

What is Unix ?

Unix is an operating system which was derived from Original AT&T. And in this video we will discuss the command line of unix.

Why Learning Unix is important ?

UNIX is widely used today for Internet servers, workstations, and mainframe computers. Most of the companies today uses servers with an Unix operating system to run and maintain their applications. So if you are in an IT field, learning Unix will give you an upper-hand to know your servers and in case your are a devOps or solution engineer then learning these commands will be part of your daily bread.

Directory - A Folder that normally contains files.

File - Files contains data.

Basic Unix Commands :

1. pwd - present working directory

2. ls - list files in current directory

3. mkdir - make directory

4. cd - change directory

5. cd - change to previous directory

6. cat - concatenate and print files

7. cp - copy

8. mv - move

9. rm - remove

10. head - display first lines of a file

11. tail - display last part of a file

12. vi - a programmer's text editor

13. du - display disk usage

14. df - display free disk

15. echo - write argument to standard output

16. clear - clear the terminal screen

17. man - format and display the on-line manual pages