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Also check out The Ultimate Linux Reference Guide for Newbies and for our network guide, The Ultimate Linux Network Reference Guide for Newbies. List of basic commands for Linux users. |
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| ls | List files/directories in a directory |
| cat <filename> | Read a file. |
| cp | Copy a file |
| mv | Move a file |
| rm | Delete a file |
| chmod | Changes file access permissions |
| chown | Changes file ownership |
| grep | Looks for patterns in files |
| ln | Create’s “links” between files and directories |
| wc | Word count |
| find | Find files and directories. |
| locate | Locate a file name/directory |
| file <filename> | Guess type of file |
| touch | Create an empty file |
| od | View binary files and data |
| pwd | Print working directory |
| hostname | Print name of localhost |
| whoami | Print login name |
| id | Print user id |
| date | Print or change date on system |
| time <command> | Determine the amount of time it takes for a process to complete |
| who | Check who is logged on the system |
| last | Show users last logged-in |
| uptime | Check system uptime as well as load average details |
| ps | List process run by user |
| ps auxw | List all the process on the system |
| top | Keep listing currently running processes |
| uname -a | Info about your local server |
| lsmod | Show the kernel modules currently loaded |
| dmesg | Print kernel messages |
| tail | Similar to cat, but only reads the end of the file |
| head | Similar to tail, but only reads the top of the file |
| more | Llike cat, but opens the file one screen at a time rather than all at once |
| less | Like more, but less. (LOL *BURP*) |
| netstat | Shows all current network connections. |
| ifconfig | Display info on the network interfaces |
| ping | Sends test packets to a specified server |
| nslookup | Lookup a host/domain. |
| dig | Similar to nslookup. |
| sudo | You know, sudo. |
| kill | terminate a system process |
| killall | Kill program(s) by name |
| du | Shows disk usage. |
| free | Memory info |
| man | Display the contents of the system manual pages |
| reboot | Reboot the machine. |
| tar | Creating and Extracting .tar files |
| gzip | Compress in gzip |
| zip | Compress in zip |
| unzip | Uncompress a zip file |
| compress | Compress files .Z |
| uncompress | Uncompress .Z files |
| bzip2 | Compress files in bzip2 forma |
This new guide was ripped off from my previous articles which basically included same commands except it provided more examples. Read The Ultimate Linux Reference Guide for Newbies and for basic networking commands, read The Ultimate Linux Network Reference Guide for Newbies.
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