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Unix Commands:

Command : Purpose

1. awk : Pattern scanning and processing language


2. bg : Run jobs in the background
3. cal : Print a calendar
4. cat : Concatenate and print files
5. cd : Change the working directory
6. chgrp : Change the file group ownership
7. chmod : Change the file modes/permissions
8. chown : Change the file ownership
9. cmp : Compare two files; see also diff
10. comm : Select or reject lines common to two files
11. command : Execute a simple command
12. cp : Copy files
13. cut : Cut out selected fields of each line of a file
14. date : Display the date and time
15. diff : Compare two files; see also cmp
16. echo : Write arguments to standard output
17. env : Set the environment for command invocation
18. expr : Evaluate arguments as an expression
19. fg : Run jobs in the foreground
20. file : Determine file type
21. find : Find files
22. grep : Search text for a pattern
23. head : Copy the first part of files
24. jobs : Display status of jobs in the current session
25. kill : Terminate or signal processes
26. link : Create a hard link to a file
27. ln : Link files
28. ls : List directory contents
29. man : Display system documentation
30. mkdir : Make directories
31. mv : Move or rename files
32. nice : Invoke a utility with an altered nice value
33. nohup : Invoke a utility
34. paste : Merge corresponding or subsequent lines of files
35. ps : Report process status
36. pwd : Print working directory
37. read : Read a line from standard input
38. renice : Set nice values of running processes
39. rm : Remove files inside the directory
40. rmdir : Remove directories, if they are empty.
41. sed : Stream editor
42. sh : the standard command language interpreter
43. sleep : Suspend execution for an interval
44. sort : Sort, merge, or sequence check text files
45. tail : Copy the last part of a file
46. time : Time a simple command
47. touch : Change file access and modification times
48. tr : Translate characters
49. tty : Return user's terminal name
50. uniq : Report or filter out repeated lines in a file
51. wc : Line, word and byte or character count
52. who : Display who is on the system

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