- MAKE A FOLDER —-> sudo mkdir /home/pi/FTP
- SEE CONTENTS OF FILE —-> cat a.py
- change your password—-> sudo passwd
- ls — list files in current directory
- cd ——> change directory
- pwd ——> print working directory
- rm filename ——> remove filename
- mkdir directoryname ——> make directory with directoryname
- rmdir directoryname ——> remove empty directory
- cat textfile ——> display contents of textfilein the terminal
- mv oldfile newfile ——> move (rename) oldfileto newfile
- cp oldfile newfile ——> copy oldfileto newfile
- man command ——> display manual of command
- date ——> read system date/time
- echo ——> echo what is typed back in the terminal
- grep ——> search program that uses regular expressions
- sudo ——> perform as root user
- ./program ——> run program
- exit ——> quit terminal session
installing an software or library
sudo apt-get install package name
example–installing python
sudo apt-get install python
example–installing python library
sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib