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11 · The Command Line

Command

One typed instruction

CoreCoders

A single instruction: a program's name, optionally followed by what it should act on and how.

Concrete example

“ls -la” runs the program “ls” to list all files in long detail.

Nearby in The Command Line

chmod / PermissionsWho can read, write, or run a fileCLICommand-Line InterfaceCommand ChainingRun commands in sequencecp / mv / rmCopy, move, delete files
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