# Terminal commands

Below is a list of several GNU/Linux terminal commands and their
explanations:

* whoami = checks which user is currently logged into the terminal
* mutt = opens the mutt email client
* ls = lists files and folders in a directory
* amfora willthekid.smol.pub = opens gemini://willthekid.smol.pub using the
amfora terminal client
* pwsh = launches PowerShell
* gcc prova.c -o hello = compiles the C source file "prova.c" using the GNU
C compiler, naming the output executable "hello"
* pwd = displays the current working directory
* bombadillo gopher://smol.pub/1/willthekid = opens
gopher://smol.pub/1/willthekid using Bombadillo
* w3m willthekid.altervista.org = opens the web page
willthekid.altervista.org using the w3m terminal browser
* lynx willthekid.altervista.org = opens the web page
willthekid.altervista.org using the lynx terminal browser
* lynx gopher://smol.pub/1/willthekid = lynx can also be used to open
Gopher pages, as shown here
* bombadillo gemini://willthekid.smol.pub = uses Bombadillo to open a
Gemini page
* clear = clears the terminal screen
* exit = exits the terminal session
* cd public_gemini = changes directory to "public_gemini"
* vi indice.gmi = opens the file indice.gmi in the vi text editor (creates
it if it doesn't exist)
* cat indice.gmi = prints the contents of indice.gmi to the terminal
* mv index.gmi index01.gmi = renames index.gmi to index01.gmi
* cd .. = moves up one directory level
* mv prova.c ~ = moves prova.c to your home directory
* mkdir tutorial = creates a directory named "tutorial"
* mv ciao.md prova.c tutorial = moves ciao.md and prova.c into the tutorial
directory
* cp index.html ~ = copies index.html to your home directory
* ls -al = lists all files and directories (including hidden ones) with
detailed properties
* cd = changes directory to your home folder
* ls -l = lists files and directories with detailed properties (excluding
hidden ones)
* which php = shows the location of the PHP interpreter (returns to command
prompt if not found)
* vi hello.go = opens hello.go in vi editor (creates it if it doesn't exist)
* go build -o ciao hello.go = compiles hello.go using Go compiler and names
the output "ciao"
* ./ciao = executes the program named "ciao"
* irb = opens the interactive Ruby interpreter (IRB)
* which irb = displays the file path of the IRB interpreter
* ls -l /usr/bin = shows detailed properties of the bin directory located
in /usr
* tree = displays directories, subdirectories, and files in a tree structure
* clisp = launches the CLISP interpreter
* gnatmake -o ciuspolo hello.adb = compiles the Ada source file hello.adb
to produce an executable named "ciuspolo"
* ./ciuspolo = runs the "ciuspolo" executable
* rm hello.ali hello.o ciuspolo = removes the files hello.ali, hello.o, and
ciuspolo
* mv prova.c hello.c = renames prova.c to hello.c
* rm -r ada = recursively removes the "ada" directory and all its contents
* file comandi_utili = inspects and displays the file type/properties of
comandi_utili
* chmod +x smolpub = grants execution permissions to the file smolpub
* cp ~/smolpub/hack01 ~/public_gemini = copies hack01 from ~/smolpub to
~/public_gemini
* cd ~/public_gemini = directly navigates to ~/public_gemini directory
* cp .bash_history history.txt = copies .bash_history to a new file named
history.txt
* chmod 644 rapata.jpeg = sets read/write permission for owner and
read-only for others
* chmod 644 * = sets read/write for owner and read-only for others on all
files in current directory
* tar -czvf immagini.tar.gz immagini = creates a compressed tarball (gzip)
of the immagini folder named immagini.tar.gz
* glow = launches the Glow terminal Markdown reader
* tar -xvf glow.tar.gz = extracts the glow.tar.gz archive
* mv -f glow ~ = moves the file glow to your home directory, overwriting
any existing file with the same name
* echo 'export PATH="$HOME/cartella:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc = appends a PATH
export line to your ~/.bashrc file
* source ~/.bashrc = reloads ~/.bashrc without restarting the terminal
session to apply changes
* jstar proviamo.txt = opens proviamo.txt in the jstar text editor (creates
it if missing)
* touch prova.md = creates an empty file named prova.md
* ls ~ = lists files and folders in your home directory
* ls ~/sorgenti = lists contents of the ~/sorgenti folder
* ls *.md = lists all files with the .md extension in the current directory