Editing Basic Linux Commands (section)

=== Navigation & File Management ===
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! Command !! Description !! Usage
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| [[#ex-pwd|<code>pwd</code>]] || Print working directory || <code>pwd</code>
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| [[#ex-cd|<code>cd</code>]] || Change directory || <code>cd [DIRECTORY]</code>
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| [[#ex-ls|<code>ls</code>]] || List directory contents || <code>ls [OPTIONS] [FILE...]</code>
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| [[#ex-tree|<code>tree</code>]] || Recursively list directories as tree || <code>tree [DIRECTORY]</code>
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| [[#ex-mkdir|<code>mkdir</code>]] || Create directory || <code>mkdir [OPTIONS] DIRECTORY</code>
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| [[#ex-rmdir|<code>rmdir</code>]] || Remove empty directory || <code>rmdir DIRECTORY</code>
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| [[#ex-cp|<code>cp</code>]] || Copy files or directories || <code>cp SOURCE DEST</code>
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| [[#ex-mv|<code>mv</code>]] || Move or rename files/directories || <code>mv SOURCE DEST</code>
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| [[#ex-rm|<code>rm</code>]] || Delete files or directories || <code>rm [OPTIONS] FILE...</code>
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| [[#ex-touch|<code>touch</code>]] || Create empty file or update timestamp || <code>touch FILENAME</code>
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| [[#ex-ln|<code>ln</code>]] || Create hard or symbolic links || <code>ln [OPTIONS] TARGET LINK_NAME</code>
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| [[#ex-stat|<code>stat</code>]] || Display detailed file information || <code>stat FILE</code>
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| [[#ex-file|<code>file</code>]] || Detect file type || <code>file FILE</code>
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| [[#ex-basename|<code>basename</code>]] || Strip directory and suffix from filename || <code>basename PATH</code>
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| [[#ex-dirname|<code>dirname</code>]] || Extract directory part of file path || <code>dirname PATH</code>
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| [[#ex-find|<code>find</code>]] || Search for files and directories || <code>find [PATH] [OPTIONS] [EXPRESSION]</code>
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| [[#ex-locate|<code>locate</code>]] || Find files using database (faster than find) || <code>locate FILENAME</code>
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| [[#ex-chmod|<code>chmod</code>]] || Change file permissions || <code>chmod [OPTIONS] MODE FILE</code>
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| [[#ex-chown|<code>chown</code>]] || Change file ownership (user) || <code>chown [OPTIONS] USER FILE</code>
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| [[#ex-chgrp|<code>chgrp</code>]] || Change group ownership || <code>chgrp [OPTIONS] GROUP FILE</code>
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| [[#ex-umask|<code>umask</code>]] || Set default file permission mask || <code>umask [MASK]</code>
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| [[#ex-tar|<code>tar</code>]] || Archive files into tarball || <code>tar -czf ARCHIVE.tar.gz FILES</code>
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| [[#ex-gzip|<code>gzip</code>]] || Compress files using Gzip || <code>gzip FILE</code>
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| [[#ex-gunzip|<code>gunzip</code>]] || Decompress Gzip files || <code>gunzip FILE.gz</code>
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| [[#ex-zip|<code>zip</code>]] || Compress files into ZIP archive || <code>zip ARCHIVE.zip FILES</code>
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| [[#ex-unzip|<code>unzip</code>]] || Extract ZIP archive || <code>unzip ARCHIVE.zip</code>
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| [[#ex-dd|<code>dd</code>]] || Copy and convert data (low-level) || <code>dd if=SOURCE of=DEST bs=BLOCKSIZE</code>
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| [[#ex-mount|<code>mount</code>]] || Mount a filesystem || <code>mount [DEVICE] [MOUNTPOINT]</code>
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| [[#ex-umount|<code>umount</code>]] || Unmount a filesystem || <code>umount [MOUNTPOINT]</code>
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| [[#ex-namei|<code>namei</code>]] || Follow a file path, showing each component || <code>namei PATH</code>
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| [[#ex-readlink|<code>readlink</code>]] || Resolve symbolic link to actual path || <code>readlink FILE</code>
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| [[#ex-realpath|<code>realpath</code>]] || Print the resolved absolute file path || <code>realpath FILE</code>
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| [[#ex-mktemp|<code>mktemp</code>]] || Create a temporary file or directory || <code>mktemp [TEMPLATE]</code>

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