Debian Command Line

Display message on screen

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To Display the differences between two files

diff filename1 filename2

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To Display free disk space

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To clear terminal screen

clear

Clear terminal screen

Clear terminal screen

Clear terminal screen

Clear terminal screen

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To Display the contents of a file

cat filename

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To Display a calendar in commad line

cal

Display a calendar in commad line

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to make a directory

mkdir name

eg: mkdir songs

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To start or stop a service

eg: /etc/init.d/gdm start