50-Basic commands in linux
Basic commands of linux
pwd command:
A path of the current working directory (folder) you’re in
syntax: pwd
cd command :
change the current directory
syntax : cd /var/log
grep command:
The 'grep' stands for "global regular expression print.
find the text in file .
syntax: grep pattern <file>
sudo command:
If you just need to run something as a super user
syntax : sudo
passwd command:
This command is used to change the user account password.
syntax : passwd <username>
mv command:
To move a file you would use the mv command.
syntax : mv first.txt second.txt
cp command:
copy the file
syntax : cp first.txt second.txt
rm command:
This command is used to remove files in a directory
syntax : rm file
mkdir command:
To make a directory
syntax : mkdir dirname
chmod command:
Change mode of file object.
File can r-read w-write and x-execute permission.
syntax ; chown a-w first.txt
chown command:
This command is used to change the ownership of a file/folder
syntax : chown mysql:mysql text.txt
cat command:
view contents of file
syntax : cat file.txt
echo command:
This command used to display a text or string.
syntax : echo "hello world"
wc command:
The wc command is used to count the lines and words in a file.
syntax: wc [option] <file name>
man command:
This command is used to view the reference manual pages
syntax : man mkdir
apt -get command:
It is used to install , remove, upgrade software packages
syntax : apt -get update
touch command:
The touch command is used to create empty files.
syntax : touch<file name>
head command:
It used to display the content of a file.
syntax : head <filename>
tail command:
This tail also similar to the head command.
And it help to reading error
syntax : tail <filename>
tac command:
It displays the file content in reverse order.
syntax : tac <filename>
more command :
The more command is displays screenful output at a time.
syntax : more <filename>
less command :
The less command similar to the more command.
syntax : less <filename>
id command:
It used to display the user UID and group GID
syntax : id
useradd command:
This command is to add user
syntax : useradd <username>
groupadd command:
This command is used to create user group.
syntax : groupadd <group name>
cut command :
The cut command is used to select a specific column of a file.
syntax : cut [options] <filename>
comm command :
The used to compare two file.
syntax : comm <file1><file2>
sed command :
The sed command also known as stream editor.
syntax : echo name | sed 's/name/antrow/'
tee command :
tee command is similar to the cat command.
syntax : cat <filename> | tee <filename>
tr command :
The file content like from lower case to upper case.
syntax : cat <file name> | tr 'abcd' 'ABCD'
uniq command :
The uniq command is used to form a sorted list in which every word will occur only once.
syntax : sort <filename> | uniq
od command :
hexadecimal, octal, and ASCII characters.
syntax : od [options] <filename>
sort command :
The sort command is used to sort files in alphabetical order.
syntax : sort <filename>
gzip command:
It is a compressing tool.
syntax : gunzip <file><file>
find command :
To find a particular file within a directory.
syntax : find. -name "*.pdf"
locate command :
It is faster than the find command.
To search a file by file name.
syntax : locate <file name>
date command :
It is used to display date, time,
syntax : date
cal command :
The current month's calendar
syntax : cal
sleep command :
It takes time in seconds.
syntax : sleep <time>
time command:
Time to execute a command.
syntax : time
zcat command:
used to display the compressed files.
syntax : zcat <file name>
df command :
The disk space used in the file system.
syntax : df
exit command:
It is used to exit.
syntax : exit
clear command :
It is used to clear the terminal screen.
syntax : clear
ip command:
It is ipconfig command.
syntax : ip a or ip addr
ssh command:
ssh command is used to create a remote connection.
syntax : ssh user_name@host name(ip/domain_name)</p>
mail command :
The mail command is used to send emails
syntax : mail -s "subject" < address>
ping command :
To check the connectivity between two nodes.
syntax : ping <---------->
host command :
Used to display the IP address for a given domain name
syntax : host <domain> or <ip addr>
wget command :
That helps us to download the files from the web.
syntax : wget
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