CLI Basics

Navigating your files and folders

• Use the pwd command to list the directory you’re currently in.
• Use the ls -la command to list the files and directories in the current directory.
• Use the tree command to recursively list all files and subdirectories in the current directory.
• Use the cd <directory> command to change your directory.

Viewing and editing text

• Use the cat <filename> command to display the text in a file.

• Use the nano <filename> command to edit text in a file.
  Example: nano /etc/dnf/dnf.conf

  To save a file, press Ctrl + S
  To exit nano after saving a file, press Ctrl + X

• To append some text to the end of a file, use ( >> )
  Example: echo "Hello World" >> file.txt

• To create/overwrite a file and write a line to it, use ( > )
  Example: echo "The old file is gone" > file.txt

• You can use the awk and sed utilities to make edits to files matching a certain pattern.
  Useful for scripting, ask AI how to use them.