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Cygwin/Bash Command Reference: File Commands System Info

This document provides a summary of common Cygwin/Bash commands organized into the following categories: file commands, system info, archives/compression, process management, network, installation, searching, and shortcuts. It lists commands like ls, cd, mkdir, rm, cp, mv, tar, gzip, ping, wget, ssh, grep, and their basic functions in 1-3 concise sentences.

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Cygwin/Bash Command Reference: File Commands System Info

This document provides a summary of common Cygwin/Bash commands organized into the following categories: file commands, system info, archives/compression, process management, network, installation, searching, and shortcuts. It lists commands like ls, cd, mkdir, rm, cp, mv, tar, gzip, ping, wget, ssh, grep, and their basic functions in 1-3 concise sentences.

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Cygwin/Bash Command Reference

File Commands System Info


ls – directory listing date – show the current date and time
ls -al – formatted listing with hidden files cal – show this month's calendar
cd dir - change directory to dir whoami – who you are logged in as
cd – change to home man command – show the manual for command
pwd – show current directory df – show disk usage
mkdir dir – create a directory dir du – show directory space usage
rm file – delete file whereis app – show possible locations of app
rm -r dir – delete directory dir which app – show which app will be run by default
rm -f file – force remove file
rm -rf dir – force remove directory dir * Archives/Compression
cp file1 file2 – copy file1 to file2 tar cf file.tar files – create a tar named file.tar
cp -r dir1 dir2 – copy dir1 to dir2; create dir2 if it doesn't containing files
exist tar xf file.tar – extract the files from file.tar
mv file1 file2 – rename or move file1 to file2 tar czf file.tar.gz files – create a tar with Gzip
if file2 is an existing directory, moves file1 into directory file2 compression
ln -s file link – create symbolic link link to file tar xzf file.tar.gz – extract a tar using Gzip
touch file – create or update file tar cjf file.tar.bz2 – create a tar with Bzip2
cat > file – places standard input into file compression
more file – output the contents of file tar xjf file.tar.bz2 – extract a tar using Bzip2
head file – output the first 10 lines of file gzip file – compresses file and renames it to file.gz
tail file – output the last 10 lines of file gzip -d file.gz – decompresses file.gz back to file
tail -f file – output the contents of file as it grows, starting zip file.zip files – create a zip file named file.zip
with the last 10 lines containing files
unzip files.zip – decompresses and extracts files from
Process Management files.zip
ps – display your currently active processes
kill pid – kill process id pid Network
killall proc – kill all processes named proc * ping host – ping host and output results
bg – lists stopped or background jobs; resume a stopped job in the nslookup host – lookup host ip address
background wget file – download file
fg – brings the most recent job to foreground wget -c file – continue a stopped download
fg n – brings job n to the foreground ssh user@host – connect to host as user
Shortcuts Installation
Ctrl+c – halts the current command Install from source (for packages not in setup.exe):
Ctrl+z – stops the current command, resume with fg in the ./configure
foreground or bg in the background make
Ctrl+a – move to beginning of line make install
Ctrl+e – move to end of line
Ctrl+k – kill (delete) from the cursor to the end of the line Searching
Ctrl+w – erases one word in the current line grep pattern files – search for pattern in files
Ctrl+u – erases the whole line grep -r pattern dir – search recursively for pattern in
Ctrl+y – yank (restore) the last group of erased characters dir
Ctrl+r – type to bring up a recent command command | grep pattern – search for pattern in the
!! - repeat the last command output of command
exit – log out of current session
Modified from Unix/Linux Command Reference at

* use with extreme caution. .com

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