Pipe to chain commands together
|
Direct output to a file
>
Append content to existing file
>>
Read content from a file
<
Shortcut for the home directory (eg. cd ~)
~
Represents the current directory
.
Traverse up one directory level (eg. cd ..)
..
Execute the script with the name script_name
./script_name
Alternative way to executure script
source script_name
Separate long commands with a \ at the end of each line
\
Example:
cd dir/name && \
somecommand && \
someothercommand
Join multiple commands together, but only run the second command if the first succeeds
&&
Example:
cd dir && touch file && echo "contents" > file
Join multiple commands together, but only run the second command if the first one fails
||
Example:
cd dir/name || mkdir dir/name