Windows CMD	TASK	Mac OS Terminal
dir	List files and folders	ls
cd	Full path of current folder/directory	pwd
cd <path to directory>	Change folder/directory	cd <path to directory>
cd..	One directory up in directory tree	cd ..
cd	Move to root directory	cd
mkdir newFolder	Create new directory in current directory	mkdir myFolder
echo some-text > fileName(.txt)	Create new file	cat > fileName(.txt)
rmdir myFolder	Remove a directory*	rmdir myFolder
ren oldFolderName newFolderName	Rename a directory	mv oldFolderName newFolderName
robocopy myFolder <path to destination directory>	Copy a directory	cp -r myFolder <path to destination directory>
move myFolder <path to destination directory>	Move a directory	mv myFolder <path to destination directory>
del myFile	Remove a file*	rm myFile
ren oldFileName newFileName	Rename a file	mv oldFileName newFileName
copy myFile <path to destination directory>	Copy a file	cp myFile <path to destination directory>
move myFile <path to destination directory>	Move a file	mv myFile <path to destination directory>
cls	Clear the terminal screen	clear
type myFile	Concatenate and print a file	cat myFile
type C:/../myFile PIPE** find "" /v /c	Count lines in a file	wc -l myFile

Before I get you set up on the Databricks CLI, let me run through some common commands that you can use on your terminal or command prompt to navigate between directories.

If you’re using a mac operating system, then open your terminal.

If you’re using a Windows operating system, then open your command prompt.

I’m on a Windows, so I’ll open my command prompt.

I’ll have the Windows and Mac commands for your reference.

Okay.

So first of all, to get an idea of the current directory that you’re in, you can type PWD on a mac if you’re on a Windows type CD.

So I’ll type CD since I’m on a Windows.

And this is my current directory.

I’m on the root directory.

To list all the folders in your current directory.

You type ls on a mac or dir on a windows.

I’ll type dir.

These are all the folders and files in the root directory.

To navigate to a different directory you type CD followed by a white space and then the path to the new directory.

This can be an absolute path or relative to the current directory.

So if I want to go to the desktop directory, I can type CD space desktop.

And now I’m in the desktop to list all the contents of the current directory, which is now desktop.

You can type die remember on a mac you would type ls.

So these are the contents of my desktop and as you can see.

To go up one directory you can type CD dot dot.

On a mac.

You have to a space so you type CD dot, dot.

now I’m back to the root directory, which I can confirm by typing CD.

And again on a mac it would be PWD.

So as you can see, I’m back on the root directory.

So let me go back to the desktop by typing CD Desktop.

Okay, So now if you type CD either on a mac or a windows, you will go back to the root directory.

As you can see, I’m back on the root directory.

Great.

So these are some super basic commands that will allow you to navigate to different directories.

I’ll share a link with other useful commands and you can review that in your own time as we’ll be using the command line interface.

I just wanted to show you these basic commands.