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To navigate through multiple levels of directories at once, specify the full directory path that you want to go to. For example, type: <screen>cd /var/www</screen> to go directly to the <filename class="directory">/www</filename> subdirectory of <filename class="directory">/var/</filename>. As another example, type: <screen>cd ~/Desktop</screen> to move you to the <filename class="directory">Desktop</filename> subdirectory inside your home directory.
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The <command>mv</command> command moves a file to a different location or will rename a file. Examples are as follows: <screen>mv foo bar</screen> will rename the file <filename>foo</filename> to <filename>bar</filename>. <screen>mv foo ~/Desktop</screen> will move the file <filename>foo</filename> to your <filename class="directory">Desktop</filename> directory but will not rename it.
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The <command>mkdir</command> command allows you to create directories. For example, typing: <screen>mkdir music</screen> will create a directory named <filename class="directory">music</filename> in the current directory.
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The <command>df</command> command displays filesystem disk space usage for all partitions. <screen>df -h</screen> will give information using megabytes (M) and gigabytes (G) instead of blocks (<emphasis role="strong">-h</emphasis> means "human-readable").
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The <command>adduser</command> is used to create new users on the system. To create a new user, type: <screen>adduser newuser</screen> The above command will create a new user called <emphasis role="strong">newuser</emphasis>.
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Options can be grouped in clusters so <screen>ls -sh</screen> is exactly the same command as <screen>ls -s -h</screen> Most options have a long version, prefixed with two dashes instead of one, so even <screen>ls --size --human-readable</screen> is the same command.
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<emphasis role="strong"><emphasis>command</emphasis> --help</emphasis> and <emphasis role="strong">man <emphasis>command</emphasis></emphasis> are the two most important tools at the command line.
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Virtually all commands understand the <emphasis role="strong">-h</emphasis> (or <emphasis role="strong">--help</emphasis>) option which will produce a short usage description of the command and it's options, then exit back to the command prompt. Type <screen>man -h</screen> or <screen>man --help</screen> to see this in action.
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<screen>man intro</screen> is especially useful - it displays the "Introduction to user commands" which is a well-written, fairly brief introduction to the Linux command line.
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There are also <command>info</command> pages, which are generally more in-depth than <command>man</command> pages. Try <screen>info info</screen> for the introduction to info pages.
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