Overview

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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
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
topfind	displaysearch Linuxfor processesfiles in a given directory	procps-ngfindutils
historydiff	printshow thedifferences historybetween oftwo issuedfiles commands	built-in
man	Manual — display the documentation of a given commandline	mandiffutils
echokill	displayterminate a line of text	built-in
zip	package and compress (archive) filesprocess	zip
unzip	list, test and extract compressed files in a ZIP archive	unziputil-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