Command action
whoami Shows username
pwd Current directory
ls Show current files and folders in PWD
cd Change working directory
mkdir Make new directory
cd .. Go to parent directory
cat>filename.txt Create and write in a text file
ctrl+d Exit editing
cat filename.txt Open a file
nl filename.txt Open a text file with line number
cp filename.txt directory Copy a text file to a directory
rm filename.txt Remove a file
mv filename.txt directory Move a file to a directory
Ls -a Show all files and folders including hidden
ones
ls regex Shows folders with matching regex pattern
with their sub files and folders
ls -l Show directions & paths with their
security(follow note)
chmod Change permissions of a file (follow note)
grep “string” filename.txt Marks and returns lines with matching string
grep -wi “string” filename.txt Returns string with exact match
grep -win “string” filename.txt Return exact match with line number
ln -s filename.txt newfilename.txt Create shortcut with softlink
ln filename.txt newfilename.txt Create shortcut with hardlink
touch filename.fileextention Create an empty file
gedit EDIT THE FILE
ctrl+c Stop editing via gedit
gcc -o ref-name filename.fileextention Compiles the filename and gives a reference
name
./ref-name Runs the program with reference name
Data types in c Also check drive
# random note # list in c itself is a reference, so it does not
require & before it in C operations.
# RANDOM NOTE 2 # GETCHAR , PUTCHAR
* BEFORE VARIABLE NAME MEANS
POINTERS AND REQUIRE ADDRESSES
OF VALUES.
‘/0’ in c list means end of list
Practice C struct
lseek(fd, 0, 0); Carriage return in c
static char message[] = " "; Write on txt file from char array
write(fd, message, sizeof(message));
char buffer[80]; Store data from txt file to char array
read(fd, buffer, sizeof(message));
gcc -pthread -o ref code.c Run a p-thread
void* block(void* arg){
}
pthread_create(&thread1,NULL,block1,NULL);
pthread_join(thread1,Null); Incase of loop thread creation, keep creation
and join in separate loops for parallel
execution
Threads share global variables.
Parent child processes are different process.
So they dont share global variables.
