Linux Shell Commands

This chapter is a reference for Linux shell commands that you can run at the OcNOS prompt.

The below table describes the commands:

 

  • You must be in privileged exec mode to run these commands.
  • You cannot use the pipe (“|”) or redirect (">") operators.
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Linux shell commands

Command

Description

cat file

Display contents of file

cd

Change to home directory

cd dir

Change directory to dir

cp file1 file2

Copy file1 to file2

cp -r dir1 dir2

Copy dir1 to dir2; create dir2 if it does not exist

dir

Display contents of current directory

less file

Display the contents of file

ls options

Display contents of current directory

mkdir dir

Create a directory dir

more file

Display the contents of file

mv file1 file2

Rename file1 to file2

mv file dir

Move file to directory dir

pwd

Display current directory

rmdir dir

Remove a directory dir (only if empty)