wget - stands for web get, allows you to download files from the web
ls - list contents of directory
ls -ltr - list items in directory and show in “long format” to list permissions, size, and modification date
ls -hl - list all items in long, “human readable” format
history - print history of commands submitted
less - to show a file’s content one screen at a time, compared to showing all contents
head - will show top 10 lines of file
tail - will show last 10 lines of file
tail -# - will show last # lines of file
tail -f file - show output the contents of file as it grows, starting with the last 10 lines
cd - change directory
cd.. - change directory “up one”, increased by the number of .’s following
cd / - change to the root directory
cd ~ - change to to your home directory
cd - - change to the last directory you were just in
pwd - print working directory, shows current path of directory
realpath file - shows path for file
mkdir - make new directory
rm() - remove, deletes file or directory
cp file1 file2 - copy file1 to file2
scp <user:/current/path/to/file> <user:/location/where/you/would/like/to/move/file/to> - secure copy from one location to another
mv file1 file2 - move (rename) file1 to file2
mv file1 ~/file1 - move file1 from the current directory to user’s home directory
cat() - show output contents of a file or job log
nano - open nano, text editor
nano file - open file using nano text editor
q - quit interface
clear - clear terminal screen
man - print manual
module avail - check which modules are available on your HPC
qstat - check out stats on a job
exit - exit terminal session