Learn to Program with Minecraft Plugins, 2nd Edition

Common Commands

Here are some of the most common commands you’ll use at the shell:

java	Run Java classes and Java archives (jars) as a program
javac	Compile Java source code to class files
cd	Change the directory
pwd	Print the working (current) directory
ls	List files in the current directory
cat	Display the contents of a file
echo	Display text; also display environment variables using the $ prefix
mkdir	Make a new directory
cp	Copy a file
mv	Move a file
rm	Remove (delete) a file permanently (Use this with extreme caution; this is not the same as the Trash, and there is no “undo.”)
chmod	Change file permissions (including read, write, and execute)
.	(single dot) Means the current directory
..	(two dots) Means the parent directory
~	(tilde) Means ...