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Basic Linux Terminal Commands

Linux Commands Functions

1. Is command in Linux Displays information about files in the current directory.

2. pwd command in Linux Displays the current working directory.

3. mkdir command in Linux Creates a directory.

4. cd command in Linux To navigate between different folders.

5. rmdir command in Linux Removes empty directories from the directory lists.

6. cp command in Linux Copy files from one directory to another.

7. mv command in Linux Rename and Replace the files

8. rm command in Linux Delete files

9. uname command in Linux Command to get basic information about the OS

10. locate command in Linux Find a file in the database.

11. touch command in Linux Create empty files

12. ln command in Linux Create shortcuts to other files

13. cat command in Linux Display file contents on terminal


Basic Linux Terminal Commands

14. clear command in Linux Clear terminal

15. ps command in Linux Display the processes in terminal

16. man command in Linux Access manual for all Linux commands

17. grep command in Linux Search for a specific string in an output

18. echo command in Linux Print string or text to the terminal

19. wget command in Linux download files from the internet.

20. whoami command in Linux Displays the current users name

21. sort command in Linux sort the file content

22. cal command in Linux View Calendar in terminal

View the exact location of any command typed after this


23. whereis command in Linux
command

24. df command in Linux Check the details of the file system

Check the lines, word count, and characters in a file using


25. wc command in Linux
different options

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