Important commands in SSH.

The following are a few basic and important commands that can be used in SSH:

Command	Description
pwd	print working directory: lists the directory structure you are currently in
ls -l or dir	list the directories and files
cd ..	move one directory below
cd dirname	go to directory named "dirname"
mkdir newdir	create a new directory named "newdir"
rm filename	remove file named "filename" (Please use this command with caution. Once the file is deleted there is no way we can restore it)
crontab -l	lists all the cron jobs
mv	move a file from one directory to another or rename a file
tar -czvf filename *	creating a tar file (backup of *)
tar -zxvf filename	unzipping a tar file
unzip filename	unzipping a zip file
mysql	accessing mysql database

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