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cd ~

archive work

cd ~/work/archive

-a ls

ls -a

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./script.sh

script.sh

cd ..

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cd ../gc_help

ls ~/work/archive

cd /

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# This will be ignored by the Bash shell

this_string

this_string="Dave Geek!"

echo

echo

echo How-To ${this_string#Dave}

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echo echo

echo $this_string

ls badge?.txt

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ls ?????.txt

ls badge*

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ls source.*

ls badge_0[246].txt

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ls badge_[01][789].txt

ls badge_[23][1-5].txt

ls > count.txt; wc -l count.txt; rm count.txt

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cd ./doesntexist && cp ~/Documents/reports/* .

gedit

gedit command_address.page &

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sort < words.txt

wc

wc

wc

wc words.txt

wc < words.txt

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ls > files.txt

cat files.txt

>

wc doesntexist.txt 2> errors.txt

cat errors.txt

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cat
grep
grep sort sort
-r

cat words.txt | grep [cC] | sort -r

[ ! -d ./backup ] && mkdir ./backup

&&

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!
-d

!
!

ls
-l -d

ls -l -d backup

history

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!24

!!

echo

echo $USER

echo $HOME

echo $PATH

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ThisDistro=Ubuntu

MyNumber=2001

echo $ThisDistro

echo $MyNumber

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MyString=123456qwerty

echo ${MyString}

echo ${myString:6}

echo ${myString:0:6}

echo ${myString:4:4}

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echo "Today is $(date)"

echo 'Today is $(date)'

echo "Today is \$(date)"

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