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Commit 252c8a5a authored by Jason Kridner's avatar Jason Kridner
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linux: try some table fixes

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...@@ -17,41 +17,41 @@ Typical Command-line Utilities ...@@ -17,41 +17,41 @@ Typical Command-line Utilities
Most of what a new user experiences with Linux is the command-line. Most of what a new user experiences with Linux is the command-line.
.. table:: .. table:: Typical Linux commands
+=========+================================+=========+====================================+ +---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+
| command | function | command | function | | command | function | command | function |
+=========+================================+=========+====================================+ +=========+================================+=========+====================================+
| pwd | *show current directory* | echo | *print/dump value* | | pwd | *show current directory* | echo | *print/dump value* |
+---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+ +---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+
| cd | *change current directory* | env | *dump environment variables* | | cd | *change current directory* | env | *dump environment variables* |
+---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+ +---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+
| ls | *list directory contents* | export | *set environment variable* | | ls | *list directory contents* | export | *set environment variable* |
+---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+ +---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+
| chmod | *change file permissions* | history | *dump command history* | | chmod | *change file permissions* | history | *dump command history* |
+---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+ +---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+
| cp | *copy files* | man | *get help on command* | | cp | *copy files* | man | *get help on command* |
+---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+ +---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+
| mv | *move files* | apropos | *show list of man pages* | | mv | *move files* | apropos | *show list of man pages* |
+---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+ +---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+
| rm | *remove files* | find | *search for files* | | rm | *remove files* | find | *search for files* |
+---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+ +---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+
| mkdir | *make directory* | tar | *create/extract file archives* | | mkdir | *make directory* | tar | *create/extract file archives* |
+---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+ +---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+
| rmdir | *remove directory* | gzip | *compress a file* | | rmdir | *remove directory* | gzip | *compress a file* |
+---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+ +---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+
| cat | *dump file contents* | gunzip | *decompress a file* | | cat | *dump file contents* | gunzip | *decompress a file* |
+---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+ +---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+
| less | *progressively dump file* | du | *show disk usage* | | less | *progressively dump file* | du | *show disk usage* |
+---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+ +---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+
| vi | *edit file (complex)* | df | *show disk free space* | | vi | *edit file (complex)* | df | *show disk free space* |
+---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+ +---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+
| nano | *edit file (simple)* | mount | *mount disks* | | nano | *edit file (simple)* | mount | *mount disks* |
+---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+ +---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+
| head | *trim dump to top* | tee | *write dump to file in parallel* | | head | *trim dump to top* | tee | *write dump to file in parallel* |
+---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+ +---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+
| tail | *trim dump to bottom* | hexdump | *readable binary dumps* | | tail | *trim dump to bottom* | hexdump | *readable binary dumps* |
+---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+ +---------+--------------------------------+---------+------------------------------------+
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