pwd |
Print Working Directory — returns the current working directory |
built-in |
cd |
Change Directory — navigate directories on the filesystem |
built-in |
ls |
list directory contents |
coreutils |
cat |
concatenate — combine the output of files and print to standard output |
coreutils |
cp |
copy files |
coreutils |
mv |
move (and rename) files |
coreutils |
mkdir |
create a directory |
coreutils |
rm |
remove files and directories (caution: no undo!) |
coreutils |
touch |
create an empty file |
coreutils |
find |
search for files in a given directory |
findutils |
grep |
search for text |
grep |
sudo |
Super User Do — execute commands as root |
sudo |
df |
Disk Free — report overall file system space usage |
coreutils |
du |
Disk Usage — show file system usage for a given directory |
coreutils |
head |
display the first X lines of a file (default 10) |
coreutils |
tail |
display the last X lines of a file (default 10) |
coreutils |
diff |
show differences between two files line by line |
diffutils |
tar |
archiving utility, compression optional |
tar |
chmod |
change file mode bits (permissions) for files and directories |
coreutils |
chown |
change file owner and group |
coreutils |
jobs |
display currently running jobs |
build-in |
kill |
terminate a process |
util-linux |
ping |
check if a server is reachable |
iputils |
wget |
download files from the internet |
wget |
uname |
Unix Name — print system information |
coreutils |
top |
display Linux processes |
procps-ng |
history |
print the history of issued commands |
built-in |
man |
Manual — display the documentation of a given command |
man |
echo |
display a line of text |
built-in |
zip |
package and compress (archive) files |
zip |
unzip |
list, test and extract compressed files in a ZIP archive |
unzip |
useradd |
create a new user or update default new user information |
shadow |
userdel |
delete a user account and related files |
shadow |
clear |
clear the terminal content |
clear |
scp |
OpenSSH secure file copy |
openssh |
