zsh Terminal

Linux commands when working with WSL

Typischer Workflow (Beispiel 1)

File Navigation & Exploration

• Check the current linux version: uname -a
• Use ls to list the content of a directory
• List content with more human readable information: ls -l -h
• Print current directory: pwd
• Change directory: cd ..
• Move into directory: cd name_of_folder
• Go to home directory: cd ~

File Operations

• Create a new file: touch my_file.txt
• Remove file: rm my_file.txt
• Create a new directory: mkdir name_of_folder
• Read file content: cat my_file.txt
• View file content: cat filename.csv or less filename.csv (for larger files)
• Get statistics about the file: stat my_file.txt
• File size and disk usage: du -h filename or df -h for disk space

File Editing