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Overview

Command Description Package
pwd Print Working Directory — returns the current working directory built-in
cd Change Directory — navigate directories on the filesystem built-in
jobs display currently running jobs built-in
history print the history of issued commands built-in
echo display a line of text 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
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
chmod change file mode bits (permissions) for files and directories coreutils
chown change file owner and group coreutils
uname Unix Name — print system information coreutils
find search for files in a given directory findutils
diff show differences between two files line by line diffutils
kill terminate a process util-linux
useradd create a new user or update default new user information shadow
userdel delete a user account and related files shadow
man Manual — display the documentation of a given command man
tar archiving utility, compression optional tar
grep search for text grep
wget download files from the internet wget
sudo Super User Do — execute commands as root sudo
ping check if a server is reachable iputils
top display Linux processes procps-ng
zip package and compress (archive) files zip
unzip list, test and extract compressed files in a ZIP archive unzip
clear clear the terminal content clear
scp OpenSSH secure file copy openssh