Linux basic commands used commonly
Basic Linux Commands That i know...
Here is basic Linux commands available in common at any Linux platforms. This commands manual pages can be retrieve with use this command with term man in command prompt.
adduser - Create New User Account
awk - Find and Replace text withing Files
cal - Open Calender Application
cat - Concatenate files and print on the standard output
cd - Change working directory
chown - Change the group ownership of files
chmod - Change the access permissions of files and directories
chroot - Change root directory
clear - Clear terminal screen
cmp - Compare two files
comm - Compare two sorted files line by line
cp - Copy one or more files to another location
cron - Daemon to execute scheduled commands
crontab - Schedule a command to run at a later time
cut - Divide a file into several parts
date - Display or change the date & time
df - Display free disk space
diff - Display the differences between two files
dir - Briefly list directory contents
du - Estimate file space usage
echo - Display message on screen
eject - Eject CD-ROM
env Display, set, or remove environment variables
fdisk - Partition table manipulator for Linux
fgrep - Search file(s) for lines that match a fixed string
find - Search for files that meet a desired criteria
fmt - Reformat paragraph text
format - Format disks or tapes
fsck - Filesystem consistency check and repair
grep - Search file(s) for lines that match a given pattern
groups - Print group names a user is in
gzip - Compress or decompress named file(s)
head - Output the first part of file(s)
hostname - Print or set system name
info - Help info
install - Copy files and set attributes
kill - Stop a process from running
less - Display output one screen at a time
ln - Make links between files
locate - Find files
logname - Print current login name
ls - List information about file(s)
man - Help manual
mkdir - Create new folder(s)
more - Display output one screen at a time
mount - Mount a file system
mv - Move or rename files or directories
nohup - Run a command immune to hangups
passwd - Modify a user password
paste - Merge lines of files
pathchk - Check file name portability
pr - Convert text files for printing
printcap - Printer capability database
printenv - Print environment variables
printf - Format and print data
ps - Process status
pwd - Print Working Directory
ram - ram disk device
rcp - Copy files between two machines
rm - Remove files
rmdir - Remove folder(s)
rpm - Remote Package Manager
sleep - Delay for a specified time
sort - Sort text files
split - Split a file into fixed-size pieces
su - Substitute user identity
sum - Print a checksum for a file
symlink - Make a new name for a file
sync - Synchronize data on disk with memory
tac - Concatenate and write files in reverse
tail - Output the last part of files
tar - Tape Archiver
tee - Redirect output to multiple files
test - Evaluate a conditional expression
time - Measure Program Resource Use
touch - Change file timestamps
top - List processes running on the system
traceroute - Trace Route to Host
true - Do nothing, successfully
tsort - Topological sort
tty - Print filename of terminal on stdin
umount - Unmount a device
uname - Print system information
uniq - Uniquify files
units - Convert units from one scale to another
unshar - Unpack shell archive scripts
useradd - Create new user account
usermod - Modify user account
uuencode Encode a binary file
wc - Print byte, word, and line counts
whereis - Report all known instances of a command
which - Locate a program file in the user's path
who - Print all usernames currently logged in
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