Putty Commands
ls – to list files in a directory
syntax: ls
dir – same as ls
syntax: dir
cd – change directory
syntax: cd /home
cp – copy a file
syntax: cp file.zip /home
mv – move a file (also used to rename files)
syntax to move : file.zip /home
syntax to rename : oldfile.zip newfile.zip
rm – remove a file
syntax to remove one file : rm file.zip
syntax to remove all zip files : rm *.zip
syntax to remove all files : rm -rf *
syntax to remove a directory : rm -rf directoryname
mkdir – make directory
syntax: mkdir newdirectory