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The <command>rm</command> will remove or delete a file in your directory (<acronym>rm</acronym> stands simply for "remove"). It will not work on directories which have files in them. To remove directories, you can use <command>rm -r</command>. The <emphasis>r</emphasis> stands for <emphasis>recursive</emphasis>. For example: <screen>rm -r foo</screen> will remove the directory named foo and all of its contents.
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Using <command>rm -r</command> will delete a complete directory and everything in it without further questions, so be careful with this command.
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The <command>mkdir</command> command will allow you to create directories (<acronym>mkdir</acronym> stands simply for "make directory"). For example, typing: <screen>mkdir music</screen> will create a music directory in the current directory.
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The <command>df</command> command displays filesystem disk space usage for all partitions (<acronym>df</acronym> stands simply for "disk free"). <screen>df -h</screen> will give information using megabytes (M) and gigabytes (G) instead of blocks (<emphasis role="strong">-h</emphasis> means "human-readable").
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basic-commands/C/basic-commands.xml:296(para)
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The <emphasis role="strong">lsb_release</emphasis> command with the <emphasis role="strong">-a</emphasis> option prints version information for the Linux release you're running. For example, typing: <screen>lsb_release -a</screen> will give you: <screen> 
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 7.10
Release: 7.10
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basic-commands/C/basic-commands.xml:341(para)
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basic-commands/C/basic-commands.xml:359(title)
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The <command>ifconfig</command> command reports on your system's network interfaces (<acronym>ifconfig</acronym> stand for "interface config").
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basic-commands/C/basic-commands.xml:360(para)
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<command>ifconfig</command> is commonly used to find out the IP address of your computer on its network or the internet. To find this information easily type: <screen>ifconfig | grep "inet addr"</screen>
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basic-commands/C/basic-commands.xml:365(para)
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The <command>adduser</command> is used to create new users on the system. To create a new user, type: <screen>adduser newuser</screen> The above command will create a new user called <emphasis role="strong">newuser</emphasis>.
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basic-commands/C/basic-commands.xml:330(para)
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Options can be grouped in clusters so <screen>ls -sh</screen> is exactly the same command as <screen>ls -s -h</screen> Most options have a long version, prefixed with two dashes instead of one, so even <screen>ls --size --human-readable</screen> is the same command.
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basic-commands/C/basic-commands.xml:363(para)
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