This article explains the fundamentals of manipulating files from the shell. We explore cp, mv, rm and mkdir using Ubuntu 21.04.
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Category: CLI
lfs – list your filesystems
lfs is an open source utility that lists your file systems improving on the venerable df utility in a number of ways.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Understanding the File System – Part 12
Ubuntu has a very different file system compared to Windows. It’s organized in a completely different way designed to offer more security.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Files and Permissions – Part 10
In this article we’ll take you through the basics of files and permissions. We’ll use the ls command. Part of the Linux for Starters series.
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Excellent Utilities: tldr – simplified and community-driven man pages
The tldr project is a collection of community-maintained help pages for command-line tools that aims to be a simpler, more approachable complement to traditional man pages.
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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Get Started with the Terminal – Part 9
What’s a shell? What’s a terminal? The shell is a program that takes commands from the keyboard and gives them to the operating system to perform.
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Excellent Utilities: duf – disk usage utility
duf is a simple disk usage utility that offers a more attractive representation than the classic df utility. It’s written in Go.
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Compact Text Editors Great for Remote Editing and Much More
A text editor is software used for editing plain text files.
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mmtc – minimal mpd terminal client
mmtc is billed as a minimal MPD terminal client that aims to be simple yet highly configurable.
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vimpc – vi/vim inspired client for mpd
vimpc is a vi/vim inspired client for the Music Player Daemon (mpd). vimpc is free and open source software.
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Linux Candy: cornyjokes – corny jokes for the terminal
Harmless fun with corny jokes in your terminal. Part of the Linux Candy series.
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ncmpcpp – featureful ncurses based MPD client inspired by ncmpc
ncmpcpp is a terminal-based MPD client with a user interface that seeks inspiration from ncmpc and shares a lot of similarities.
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Linux Candy: BobRossQuotes – collection of quotes from Bob Ross
Robert Norman Ross (Bob Ross) was an American painter, art instructor and television personality.
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Linux Candy: chucknorris – Chuck Norris jokes in your terminal
Raise a smile reading these awesome Chuck Norris jokes from your terminal.
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Herrie – minimalistic music player
Herrie is a minimalistic music player that uses the command line. It is written to support a variety of operating systems, audio subsystems.
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GoTTy – turn CLI tools into web applications
GoTTY turns CLI tools into web applications. GoTTY uses xterm.js and hterm to run a JavaScript based terminal on web browsers.
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asciiworld – world map depicted in ASCII
asciiworld offers world maps depicted in ASCII. asciiworld is free and open source.
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colorls – turbocharged alternative to ls
colorls is a Ruby script that enhances ls with color and font-awesome icons. colorls is free and open source software.
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TermTrack – Track satellites in your terminal
TermTrack is a terminal-based program that lets you track the orbits of artificial satellites. The program is written in Python.
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Excellent System Utilities: CPU-X – system profiler tool
CPU-X is a similar tool to the Windows utility CPU-Z. Unlike CPU-Z, CPU-X is free and open source Linux software. Here’s our review.
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