A cheat sheet for basic filesystem commands in the Git Bash console.
Installing the Git Bash Console
We will be using the Git Bash console.
To use it, you need to have Git and Git Bash installed.
Install from the site: https://git-scm.com.
Commands in the Git Bash Console
clear – Clear console
Navigation
pwd – Show current directory
ls - Show files in this folder, except for hidden ones
ls -f – Show files in this folder, including hidden ones
cd c:/ – Go to a specific directory
cd - – Come back
cd .. – Exit 1 level up
cd ../.. – Exit 2 levels up
Creating directories
mkdir – Create a folder
cd !$ – Go to the newly created folder
mkdir -p {app1,app2} – Create multiple folders at once
mkdir -p app/{css,js} – Create several subfolders at once
File creation
touch index.html – Create index.html file
touch app/{css/main.css,js/main.js,index.html} – Create several files at once, no extra spaces should be
Deleting files
touch – allows you to create files
rm test – Delete empty test folder
rm -r test – Delete the test folder with files inside it
Moving files
mv app1/*.* app2 – Move all files from app1 folder to app2 folder
