| Now that you have completed this
chapter, you should have a firm understanding of the following:
The command line interface provides
several more advanced file and directory manipulation commands to
enable you to manage the file system.
Files and directories can be copied
using the cp
command and they can be moved and renamed using the mv
command. When these commands are used with the -i or interactive
option, the user is prompted before files are overwritten.
The workstation keyboard is the
standard input device and the monitor or screen is the standard output
device. UNIX Commands can receive input (stndin) and produce output (stndout
and stnderr). It is common to redirect output from the screen to a
file in order to capture the results of a command such as ls
or cat
for future viewing or manipulating. The right angle bracket is
used to redirect command output.
Command piping takes the output of one
command and uses it as input to the next command allowing you to
create mini program or custom command. The pipe symbol (|)
is used to separate commands to accomplish this.
File manger has several advanced
capabilities for manipulating files and folders. These include moving
(select + drag + drop) and copying (control + select + drag + drop).
The Selected menu allows files and folders to be pre-selected after
which they can be copied, moved, renamed or put in the Trash Can. File
and directory permissions can also be changed using the properties
option from the Selected menu.
The File Manager View menu can be used
to customize the way File manager displays files and folders, which
include displaying the file system as a tree. |