<p>Few commands I found very useful during development.</p>
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<td>Command</td><td>Description</td></tr>
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<td><code>man ls</code></td><td>show manual for command 'ls'</td></tr>
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<td><code>wc &lt;file&gt;</code></td><td>words count</td></tr>
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<td><code>rm &lt;file&gt;</code></td><td>remove/delete file</td></tr>
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<td><code>rm -i &lt;file&gt;</code></td><td>remove/delete file (interactive, ask confirm)</td></tr>
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<td><code>rmdir &lt;directory&gt;</code></td><td>remove/delete directory</td></tr>
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<td><code>rm -R &lt;directory&gt;</code></td><td>remove/delete directory and subdirectory</td></tr>
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<td><code>rm -iR &lt;directory&gt;</code></td><td>remove/delete directory (interactive)</td></tr>
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<td><code>cp &lt;current location&gt; &lt;destination&gt;</code></td><td>copy files</td></tr>
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<td><code>chmod -R 755 &lt;folder&gt;</code></td><td>add writing permission to folder</td></tr>
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<td><code>pwd</code></td><td>present working directory / print working directory</td></tr>
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<td><code>cd</code></td><td>change directory</td></tr>
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<td><code>mkdir</code></td><td>make directory</td></tr>
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<td><code>ls</code></td><td>list files</td></tr>
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<td><code>ls -l</code></td><td>list files (long form)</td></tr>
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<td><code>ls -lah</code></td><td>list files (long form, all also hidden, human readable)</td></tr>
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<td><code>touch [filename]</code></td><td>create file</td></tr>
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<td><code>chown</code></td><td>change owner</td></tr>
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<td><code>cat &lt;file&gt;</code></td><td>show file</td></tr>
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<td><code>&lt;cmd&gt; &gt; &lt;file&gt;</code></td><td>direct the output of "cmd" into "file"</td></tr>
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<td><code>grep -rl "&lt;text&gt;" &lt;dir&gt;</code></td><td>search for all files containing <code>&lt;text&gt;</code> inside <code>&lt;dir&gt;</code></td></tr>
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<td><code>ln</code></td><td>symbolic link</td></tr>
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<td><code>alias</code></td><td>show available alias on shell</td></tr>
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<td><code>cd -</code></td><td>go to the previous current directory</td></tr>
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<td><code>ctrl</code> + <code>r</code></td><td>advanced search (search any word in bash history)</td></tr>
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Few commands I found very useful during development.

| Command                               | Description                                             |
|---------------------------------------|:--------------------------------------------------------|
| `man ls`                              | show manual for command 'ls'                            |
| `wc <file>`                           | words count                                             |
| `rm <file>`                           | remove/delete file                                      |
| `rm -i <file>`                        | remove/delete file (interactive, ask confirm)           |
| `rmdir <directory>`                   | remove/delete directory                                 |
| `rm -R <directory>`                   | remove/delete directory and subdirectory                |
| `rm -iR <directory>`                  | remove/delete directory (interactive)                   |
| `cp <current location> <destination>` | copy files                                              |
| `chmod -R 755 <folder>`               | add writing permission to folder                        |
| `pwd`                                 | present working directory / print working directory     |
| `cd`                                  | change directory                                        |
| `mkdir`                               | make directory                                          |
| `ls`                                  | list files                                              |
| `ls -l`                               | list files (long form)                                  |
| `ls -lah`                             | list files (long form, all also hidden, human readable) |
| `touch [filename]`                    | create file                                             |
| `chown`                               | change owner                                            |
| `cat <file>`                          | show file                                               |
| `<cmd> > <file>`                      | direct the output of "cmd" into "file"                  |
| `grep -rl "<text>" <dir>`             | search for all files containing `<text>` inside `<dir>`     |
| `ln`                                  | symbolic link                                           |
| `alias`                               | show available alias on shell                           |
| `cd -`                                | go to the previous current directory                    |
| `ctrl` + `r`                          | advanced search (search any word in bash history)       |



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Command	Description
`man ls`	show manual for command 'ls'
`wc <file>`	words count
`rm <file>`	remove/delete file
`rm -i <file>`	remove/delete file (interactive, ask confirm)
`rmdir <directory>`	remove/delete directory
`rm -R <directory>`	remove/delete directory and subdirectory
`rm -iR <directory>`	remove/delete directory (interactive)
`cp <current location> <destination>`	copy files
`chmod -R 755 <folder>`	add writing permission to folder
`pwd`	present working directory / print working directory
`cd`	change directory
`mkdir`	make directory
`ls`	list files
`ls -l`	list files (long form)
`ls -lah`	list files (long form, all also hidden, human readable)
`touch [filename]`	create file
`chown`	change owner
`cat <file>`	show file
`<cmd> > <file>`	direct the output of "cmd" into "file"
`grep -rl "<text>" <dir>`	search for all files containing `<text>` inside `<dir>`
`ln`	symbolic link
`alias`	show available alias on shell
`cd -`	go to the previous current directory
`ctrl` + `r`	advanced search (search any word in bash history)