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Hey 👋 guys , I've covered the majority of the essential Linux commands here, which should be plenty for getting you started.
Most commonly used Linux commands:
ls - list files and directories
cd - change directory
pwd - print working directory
cp - copy files or directories
mv - move or rename files or directories
rm - remove or delete files and directories
mkdir - create a new directory
rmdir - remove or delete an empty directory
touch - create a new empty file or update the timestamp of an existing file
cat - display the contents of a file
grep - search for a pattern in a file
find - search for files and directories
tar - create or extract a tar archive
gzip - compress or decompress a file
chmod - change the permissions of a file or directory
chown - change the ownership of a file or directory
ssh - connect to a remote server using SSH protocol
scp - copy files to or from a remote server using SSH protocol
rsync - synchronize files between local and remote servers
wget - download files from the internet
curl - transfer data from or to a server using various protocols
ping - test the connectivity between two network devices
traceroute - display the route that packets take to reach a network device
netstat - display network connections and statistics
ifconfig - display network interface configuration
ip - display and modify network interface configuration
route - display and modify the kernel routing table
iptables - set up and manage firewall rules
systemctl - control system services
journalctl - view system logs
top - display the processes running on a system, along with their resource usage statistics
ps - display the processes running on a system
kill - terminate a process
bg - run a command in the background
fg - bring a background process to the foreground
jobs - display the status of background jobs
cron - schedule tasks to run at specific times or intervals
at - schedule a one-time task to run at a specific time
uptime - display system uptime and load average
df - display disk usage information
du - display disk usage information for a directory or file
mount - mount a file system
umount - unmount a file system
lsof - list open files and processes
who - display who is logged in
last - display recent login history
history - display the command history
less - view a file one page at a time
more - view a file one page at a time
head - display the first few lines of a file
tail - display the last few lines of a file
diff - compare two files line by line
patch - apply a patch to a file
awk - process and manipulate text files
sed - process and manipulate text files
sort - sort lines of text