Example: you not know the command ls
if you like to know ls command by through simple type:man ls
syntax for man command
man commandname
Example:
kumar@jkumar-desktop:~$ man ls
it will display ls command behavior and other attribute
man command is the system's manual page.
help:help command look like man command
help command shows available option for that command
by using these man and help command you can learn all the command
easily
Syntax for help command
Example
kumar@jkumar-desktop:~$ ls –help
Then it will display available option for the for ls command
ls:ls command it will display list of directory contents.
kumar@jkumar-desktop:~$ ls
Bliss.bmp Documents Music Public Videos
Desktop Examples Pictures Templates
mkdir:used to create to new folder
Syntax
mkdir
Example
step1:first list files
kumar@jkumar-desktop:~$ ls
Bliss.bmp Documents Music Public Videos
Desktop Examples Pictures Templates
step2:create new directory studentwebsite
kumar@jkumar-desktop:~$ mkdir studentwebsite
step3:list directory and see new studentwebsite folder is created
kumar@jkumar-desktop:~$ ls
Bliss.bmp Documents Music Public Templates
Desktop Examples Pictures studentwebsite Videos
rmdir:used to remove to empdy directory
Syntax
rmdir
Example
step1:first list files
kumar@jkumar-desktop:~$ ls
Bliss.bmp Documents Music Public Templates
Desktop Examples Pictures studentwebsite Videos
step2:remove directory studentwebsite
kumar@jkumar-desktop:~$ rmdir studentwebsite/
step3:list directory and see old studentwebsite folder is remove
kumar@jkumar-desktop:~$ ls
Bliss.bmp Desktop Documents Examples Music Pictures Public Templa
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