FILES AND DIRECTORY

LOG IN TO ROOT USER:
[root-@local host]#

ENTER THE HOME DIRECTORY:
[root-@local host]#cd /home
GO BACK ONE LEVEL:
[root-@local host]#cd..

GO BACK TWO LEVELS:
[root-@local host]#cd../..
GO TO HOME DIRECTORY:
[root-@local host]#cd

GO TO HOME DIRECTORY:
[root-@local host]#cd ~user1

GO TO PREVIOUS DIRECTORY:
[root-@local host]#cd -

COPYING A FILE:
[root-@local host]#cp file1 file2

COPY ALL FILES OF A DIRECTORY WITHIN THE CURRENT WORK DIRECTORY:
[root-@local host]#cp dir/*

COPY A DIRECTORY WITHIN THE CURRENT WORK DIRECTORY:
[root-@local host]#cp -a /tmp/dir1

COPY A DIRECTORY:
[root-@local host]#cp -a dir1 dir2

OUTPUTS THE MIME TYPE OF THE FILE AS TEXT:
[root-@local host]#cp file file1

LIST KNOWN ENCODINGS:
[root-@local host]#iconv -l

CONVERTING THE CODING OF CHARACTERS FROM ONE FORMAT TO ANOTHER:
[root-@local host]#iconv -f fromEncoding -t toEncoding inputFile > OutputFile

BATCH RESIZE FILES IN THE CURRENT DIRECTORY AND SEND THEM TO A THUMBNAILS DIRECTORY  :
[root-@local host]#find -maxdepth 1 -name *.jpg -print -exec convert

CREATE A SYMBOLIC LINK TO FILE OR DIRECTORY:
[root-@local host]#ln -s file1 lnk1

CREATE A PHYSICAL LINK TO FILE OR DIRECTORY:
[root-@local host]#ln file1 link1

VIEW FILES OF DIRECTORY:
[root-@local host]#ls

VIEW FILES OF DIRECTORY:
[root-@local host]#ls -F

SHOW DETAILS OF FILES AND DIRECTORY:
[root-@local host]#ls -l

SHOW HIDDEN FILES:
[root-@local host]#ls -a

SHOW FILES AND DIRECTORY CONTAINING NUMBER:
[root-@local host]#ls *[0-9]*

SHOW FILES AND DIRECTORY IN A TREE STARTING FROM ROOT(2):
[root-@local host]#lstree

CREATE A DIRECTORY CALLED 'dir1':
[root-@local host]#mkdir dir1

CREATE TWO DIRECTORIES SIMULTANEOUSLY:
[root-@local host]#mkdir dir1 dir2

CREATE A DIRECTORY TREE:
[root-@local host]#mkdir -p /tmp/dir1/dir2

RENAME/MOVE A FILE OR DIRECTORY:
[root-@local host]#mv dir1 new_dir

SHOW THE PATH OF WORK DIRECTORY:
[root-@local host]#pwd

DELETE FILE CALLED 'file1':
[root-@local host]#rm -f file1

REMOVE A DIRECTORY CALLED 'dir1' AND CONTENTS RECURSIVELY:
[root-@local host]#rm -rf dir1

REMOVE TWO DIRECTOIES AND THEIR CONTENTS RECURSIVELY:
[root-@local host]#rm -rf dir1 dir2

DELETE DIRECTORY CALLED 'dir1':
[root-@local host]#rmdir dir1

MODIFY TIMESTAMP OF A FILE OR DIRECTORY-(YYMMDDHHMM):
[root-@local host]#touch -t 0712250000 file1

SHOW FILES AND DIRECTORIES IN A TREE STARTING FROM ROOT(1):
[root-@local host]#tree