Basic commands to get around the Synology Box using the CLI

1. Basic commands

  A. To go to a directory, command:  cd /directory name
  B. To make a directory, command:  mkdir /directory name
  C. Directory list, command: dir
  D. To find a file, command: find / -name "file name"
  E. To delete a file, command:  rm file name
  F. To delete directory and its content, command:  rm –r directory name
  G. To move or rename a file, command: mv /directory name/file name /destination directory
  H. To copy a file or files, command:  cp /directory name/file name /destination directory
  I. For more than one file, command:  cp /directory name/*.* /destination directory
  J. To reboot the Synology box, command:  reboot
  K. To shutdown the Synology box, command: poweroff
  L. Clear terminal screen, command: clear
  M. To stop a process, command: kill process id
  N. To stop a program, command:  killall program name
  O. Check system memory, command: cat /proc/meminfo or free
  P. Check system CPU, command: cat /proc/cpuinfo
  Q. Check for interrupts in use, command: cat /proc/interrupts
  R. Check file system being used, command: cat /proc/filesystems
  S. Check linux version, command, cat /proc/version
  T. Shows the most current processes running, command: top
  U. Shows all processes running, command: ps –ef
  V. To install program, command:  ipkg install file name
  W. To remove a program, command:  ipkg remove file name