== Commands ==
Here are some survival-level linux commands:

|| '''Command''' || '''What it does''' ||
|| sudo ''command'' || gives you administrator privileges for the duration of ''command'' ||
|| passwd || change your password (you'll need your current password) ||
|| ls ''dir'' || list the contents of a directory ||
|| cd ''dir'' || change to a directory ||
|| pwd || what directory am I in? ||
|| whoami || what is my username ||
|| cp ''file'' ''new_file'' || make a copy of ''file'' named ''new_file'' ||
|| mv ''file'' ''new_file'' || move/rename ''file'' to be ''new_file'' ||
|| find . -iname "*.txt" || find any files that end in ''.txt'' under the current directory (searches subdirectories) ||
|| chmod +x ''file'' || set ''file'' to be '''executable''' ||
|| date || show the date and time ||
|| cal || show the current calendar month ||
|| nano ''file'' || edit ''file'' in a friendly text editor ||
|| vi ''file'' '''or''' emacs ''file'' || edit ''file'' in a seriously powerful, full-bearded text editor of doom ||
|| man ''topic'' || read the ''man''ual page for ''topic'' (could be a command, a config file, etc.) ||

Need more? Go read a better tutorial: [[http://www.cae.wisc.edu/linux-unix-labs|Linux info]]

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