BASICS OF GIT

Git is free and open source software for distributed version control:
tracking changes in any set of files,
usually used for coordinating work among programmers collaboratively developing source code during software development.

Distributed Version Control System Workflow What Is Git Edureka

Commands	Definition	Example
pwd	present working directory	pwd → output /root
ls	list all the files in directory	ls → output a.txt, b.txt, c.txt
cat	append data to the file	cat > my.txt
mkdir	Creates a folder/directory	mkdir sub → create folder with a name sub
cp src dest	copying the data from one file to another	cp my.txt own.txt
mv src dest	moving or renaming the file	mv my.txt own.txt
rm filename	removing the file specified	rm my.txt
vi filename	creates file in vi editor mode	vi myfile.txt → Esc : wq! saves and quit the editor
touch filename	used to create a file. It can be anything, from an empty txt file to an empty zip file.	touch a.txt
man	Gives the manual to the command. To know more about a command and how to use it.	man cd
locate	The locate command is used to locate a file in a Linux system, just like the search command in Windows.	locate -i hello (list all the files containing hello word)
echo	The "echo" command helps us move some data, usually text into a file.	echo hello, my name is abc >> new.txt
cat	used to display the contents of file	cat new.txt
sudo	sudo stands for "SuperUser Do". Any command to be done with administrative or root privileges	sudo -i
df	df command to see the available disk space in each of the partitions in your system.	df -m (shows in megabytes)
du	To know the disk usage of a file in your system.	du Documents
chmod	Use chmod to make a file executable and to change the permissions granted	chmod 777 new.txt
ping	Ping is a computer network administration software utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network.	ping google.com

Commands

Definition

Example

pwd

present working directory

pwd → output /root

list all the files in directory

ls → output a.txt, b.txt, c.txt

cat

append data to the file

cat > my.txt

mkdir

Creates a folder/directory

mkdir sub → create folder with a name sub

cp src dest

copying the data from one file to another

cp my.txt own.txt

mv src dest

moving or renaming the file

mv my.txt own.txt

rm filename

removing the file specified

rm my.txt

vi filename

creates file in vi editor mode

vi myfile.txt → Esc : wq! saves and quit the editor

touch filename

used to create a file. It can be anything, from an empty txt file to an empty zip file.

touch a.txt

man

Gives the manual to the command. To know more about a command and how to use it.

man cd

locate

The locate command is used to locate a file in a Linux system, just like the search command in Windows.

locate -i hello (list all the files containing hello word)

echo

The "echo" command helps us move some data, usually text into a file.

echo hello, my name is abc >> new.txt

cat

used to display the contents of file

cat new.txt

sudo

sudo stands for "SuperUser Do". Any command to be done with administrative or root privileges

sudo -i

df command to see the available disk space in each of the partitions in your system.

df -m (shows in megabytes)

To know the disk usage of a file in your system.

du Documents

chmod

Use chmod to make a file executable and to change the permissions granted

chmod 777 new.txt

ping

Ping is a computer network administration software utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network.

ping google.com