Termux And Its Basic Commands

Termux

Termux is a free and open-source terminal emulator for running a Linux environment on an android device. Pre-installed packages and command-line interface of termux , make it very familiar for Linux PC users. Moreover, one can use and work on different languages such as PHP, Python, Shell Script, etc. by installing the required packages at first.

How to install termux?

As it is said above that, termux is free and open-source, so we can easily download and install it from playstore.

Termux Commands List

As we know that to use any kind of terminal, we have to know its commands and it is also the same in the case of termux as well. Some of the important and basic commands of termux are listed below:

• Clear Screen

clear

• Changing directory

cd

If you want to move one directory back , then use:

cd..

If you want to move two directories back , then use:

cd../../

• Creating a directory

mkdir [new-directoy-name]

• Deleting a directory

rmdir [directory-name]

• Creating a file

touch [file-name]

• Moving a file

mv [old-file-location] [new-location]

• Copying a file

cp [filename] [new filename]

• Deleting a file

rm [file-name]

• Downloading/Installing any packages

pkg install [package-name]

• Updating Package

pkg update

• Upgrading Package

pkg upgrade