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To navigate through multiple levels of directory 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>cp</command> command will make a copy of a file for you (<acronym>cp</acronym> stands simply for "copy"). For example, type: <screen>cp file foo</screen> to make a exact copy of <filename>file</filename> and name it <filename>foo</filename>, but the file <filename>file</filename> will still be there.
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To move the file <filename>foo</filename> to your <filename class="directory">Desktop</filename>, type: <screen>mv foo ~/Desktop</screen>. This will move foo but will not rename it. You must specify a new file name to rename a file.
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If you are using <command>mv</command> with <command>sudo</command> you will not be able to use the <emphasis role="strong">~</emphasis> shortcut, but will have to use the full pathnames to your files. This is because when you are working as root, <emphasis role="strong">~</emphasis> will refer to the root account's home directory, not your own.
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The <command>rm</command> will remove or delete a file in your directory (<acronym>rm</acronym> stands simply for "remove"). It will not work on directories which have files in them. To remove directories, you can use <command>rm -r</command>. The <emphasis>r</emphasis> stands for <emphasis>recursive</emphasis>. For example: <screen>rm -r foo</screen> will remove the directory named foo and all of its contents.
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basic-commands/C/basic-commands.xml:263(para)
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The <command>mkdir</command> command will allow you to create directories (<acronym>mkdir</acronym> stands simply for "make directory"). For example, typing: <screen>mkdir music</screen> will create a music directory in the current directory.
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basic-commands/C/basic-commands.xml:280(para)
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System Information Commands
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The <command>df</command> command displays filesystem disk space usage for all partitions (<acronym>df</acronym> stands simply for "disk free"). <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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basic-commands/C/basic-commands.xml:296(para)
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The <command>free</command> command displays the amount of free and used memory in the system. <screen>free -m</screen> will give the information using megabytes, which is probably most useful for current computers.
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basic-commands/C/basic-commands.xml:257(para)
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The <command>top</command> command displays information on your GNU/Linux system, running processes and system resources, including CPU, RAM & swap usage and total number of tasks being run. To exit <application>top</application>, press <keycap>q</keycap>.
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