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Ubuntu Basic Commands

The document provides summaries of basic Linux commands for file operations, permissions, system information, compression, process management, and networking. It also includes shortcuts for the terminal. The commands covered include ls, cd, rm, mkdir, cp, mv, ln, chmod, date, cal, w, whoami, df, du, tar, ps, top, ping, and whois.

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Ubuntu Basic Commands

The document provides summaries of basic Linux commands for file operations, permissions, system information, compression, process management, and networking. It also includes shortcuts for the terminal. The commands covered include ls, cd, rm, mkdir, cp, mv, ln, chmod, date, cal, w, whoami, df, du, tar, ps, top, ping, and whois.

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Ubuntu Basic Commands

File Commands
ls – directory listing rm -f file – force remove file
ls -al – formatted listing with hidden files rm -rf dir – force remove directory dir
mkdir dir – create a directory dir cp file1 file2 – copy file1 to file2
cd dir - change directory to dir cp -r dir1 dir2 – copy dir1 to dir2; create dir2 if it
doesn't exist
cd – change to home mv file1 file2 – rename or move file1 to file2
if file2 is an existing directory, moves file1 into
directory file2
rm file – delete file ln -s file link – create symbolic link link to file
rm -r dir – delete directory dir touch file – create or update file
head file – output the first 10 lines of file cat > file – places standard input into file, (Ctrl+C) for
exit
tail file – output the last 10 lines of file more file – output the contents of file
File Permission Command
chmod octal file – change the permissions of file to octal, which can be found separately for user, group,
and world by adding:
 4 – read (r)
 2 – write (w)
 1 – execute (x)
Examples: chmod 777 – read, write, execute for all, chmod 755 – rwx for owner, rx for group and world
System Information Commands
date – show the current date and time cat /proc/cpuinfo – cpu information
cal – show this month's calendar cat /proc/meminfo – memory information
w – display who is online man command – show the manual for command
whoami – who you are logged in as df – show disk usage
finger user – display information about user du – show directory space usage
Compression Commands
tar cf file.tar files – create a tar named tar xf file.tar – extract the files from file.tar
file.tar containing files
Process Management Commands
ps – display your currently active processes top – display all running processes
Network Commands
ping host – ping host and output results whois domain – get whois information for domain
Shortcuts
Ctrl+C – halts the current command Ctrl+U – erases the whole line
Ctrl+Z – stops the current command Ctrl+R – type to bring up a recent command
Ctrl+D – log out of current session, similar to exit !! - repeats the last command
Ctrl+W – erases one word in the current line exit – log out of current session

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