BASH - Commands - File Commands

File and Disk

Description	Command
Change permission of a file	chmod 666 filename
Copy file1 to file2	cp file1 file2
Copy directory1 to directory2, create directory2 if it does not exist	cp -r dirname1 dirname2
Create a directory	mkdir dirname
Create a symbolic link to a filename	ln -s /path/to/filename linkname
Create or update a file	touch filename
Decrypt file	gpg filename.gpg
Delete a directory recursively	rm -r dirname
Delete a directory recursively forcefully	rm -rf dirname
Delete a file	rm filename
Delete a file forcefully	rm -f filename
Display all information on files and directories	ls -a
Display path of current directory	pwd
Encrypt file	gpg -c filename
Execute command lines from standard input	xargs
Output contents of file	more file
Output contents of file as it grows starting with last 10 lines	tail -f filename
Output first 10 lines of file	head file
Output last 10 lines of file	tail file
Place standard input into a file	cat > filename
Print the number of chars, words and lines in a file	wc filename