COMMAND-LINE-BASICS5 MIN READ
Sort Commands by Job: Navigate, Inspect, Change
Classify common commands by whether they navigate, inspect, or change filesystem state.
sort buckets score chips common-trap callout Place each command in its primary job bucket. Think about what changes after it runs. Navigate or orient Inspect only Change filesystem state pwd shows the current working directory cd project changes the shell location ls -la lists directory contents cat README.md prints file content grep -n "TODO" app.log searches text mkdir reports creates a directory cp source.csv backup.csv creates a copy mv draft.csv archive/ moves or renames a file rm old.csv removes a file
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