Overview
| Command |
Description |
Package |
pwdbase64 |
Printbase64 Workingencode/decode Directorydata —and returnsprint theto currentstandard working directoryoutput |
built-incoreutils |
cdbasename |
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
liststrip directory
contentsand suffix from filenames
coreutils
cat
concatenateconcatenate — combine the output of files and print to standard output
coreutils
cpcd
copyChange filesDirectory — navigate directories on the filesystem
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)
coreutilsbuilt-in
chmod
change file mode bits (permissions) for files and directories
coreutils
chown
change file owner and group
coreutils
unameclear
Unixclear Namethe —terminal printcontent
systemclear
information
cp
copy files
coreutils
findcsplit
search for files insplit a
givenfile directoryinto sections determined by context lines
findutilscoreutils
dd
convert and copy a file
coreutils
df
Disk Free — report overall file system space usage
coreutils
diff
show differences between two files line by line
diffutils
dirname
print the directory path if the passed file
coreutils
du
Disk Usage — show file system usage for a given directory
coreutils
echo
display a line of text
built-in
find
search for files in a given directory
findutils
grep
search for text
grep
head
display the first X lines of a file (default 10)
coreutils
history
print the history of issued commands
built-in
jobs
display currently running jobs
built-in
kill
terminate a process
util-linux
ls
list directory contents
coreutils
man
Manual — display the documentation of a given command
man
mkdir
create a directory
coreutils
mv
move (and rename) files
coreutils
ping
check if a server is reachable
iputils
printenv
print information about currently set environment variables
coreutils
printf
format and print data
coreutils
pwd
Print Working Directory — returns the current working directory
built-in
rm
remove files and directories (caution: no undo!)
coreutils
scp
OpenSSH secure file copy
openssh
sha256sum
compute and check SHA256 message digest (variants for SHA1, SHA224, SHA384 and SHA512 exist)
coreutils
sort
sort lines of text files
coreutils
sudo
Super User Do — execute commands as root
sudo
tail
display the last X lines of a file (default 10)
coreutils
tar
archiving utility, compression optional
tar
top
display Linux processes
procps-ng
touch
create an empty file
coreutils
uname
Unix Name — print system information
coreutils
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
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