Just a list of hopefully helpful commands- FYI im not native
Shell Commands
df
ls - Lists the files in a directory
cat - It is generally used to concatenate the files. It gives the output on the standard output.
cp - This command will copy the files and directories from the source path to the destination path. It can copy a file/directory with the new name to the destination path. It accepts the source file/directory and destination file/directory.
more - It is a filter for paging through text one screenful at a time.
less - It is used to viewing the files instead of opening the file.Similar to more command but it allows backward as well as forward movement.
head - Used to print the first N lines of a file. It accepts N as input and the default value of N is 10.
tail - Used to print the last N-1 lines of a file. It accepts N as input and the default value of N is 10.
rm - Used to remove files or directories.
mv - Used to move the files or directories. This command’s working is almost similar to cp command but it deletes a copy of the file or directory from the source path.
touch - Used to create or update a file.
sort - This command is used to sort the contents of files.
wc - Used to count the number of characters, words in a file.
cut - Used to cut a specified part of a file.
chmod - Used to modify the access/permission of a user.
chgrp - Used to change the group owner of the file.
netstat -
chown - Used to change the owner of the file.
cron
traceroute
init
gzip
netcat
nslookup
grep - This command is used to search for the specified text in a file.
kill
find
mkdir - Used to create a directory if not already exist. It accepts the directory name as an input parameter.
ping
dd
vi - Opens VI editor
wget
ifconfig - shows network card information
lastboot - shows last boot
uptime - shows uptime
sudo reboot - reboots the server
Terminal Commands
ls : To get the list of all the files or folders.
ls -l: Optional flags are added to ls to modify default behavior, listing contents in extended form -l is used for “long” output
ls -a: Lists of all files including the hidden files, add -a flag
cd: Used to change the directory.
du: Show disk usage.
pwd: Show the present working directory.
man: Used to show the manual of any command present in Linux.
rmdir: It is used to delete a directory if it is empty.
ln file1 file2: Creates a physical link.
ln -s file1 file2: Creates a symbolic link.
locate: It is used to locate a file in Linux System
echo: This command helps us move some data, usually text into a file.
df: It is used to see the available disk space in each of the partitions in your system.
tar: Used to work with tarballs (or files compressed in a tarball archive)
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