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[[chown]] - change file or directory owner. | [[chown]] - change file or directory owner. | ||
[[cp]] - copy files or folders | |||
[[crontab]] - configure scheduled tasks | [[crontab]] - configure scheduled tasks | ||
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[[grep]] - GNU Regular Expression Parser (find strings of text in files) | [[grep]] - GNU Regular Expression Parser (find strings of text in files) | ||
[[git]] - Software repository and version control | |||
[[ip]] - manage IP addresses and such (replaces ifconfig... more or less) | [[ip]] - manage IP addresses and such (replaces ifconfig... more or less) | ||
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[[netstat]] - provides information about the network connection and activity | [[netstat]] - provides information about the network connection and activity | ||
[[rsync]] - file copying utility (remote sync) | |||
[[screen]] - manages multiple virtual terminal screens on one physical screen | [[screen]] - manages multiple virtual terminal screens on one physical screen | ||
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[[vim]] - Command line text editor. | [[vim]] - Command line text editor. | ||
[[xargs]] - build a command from standard input | |||
[[zcat]] - view zipped files without un-zipping them | |||
Latest revision as of 04:33, 20 February 2019
Linux Commands
Follow the below links for some useful Linux commands (with examples).
Please note that this is intended to merely be a quick reference. If you need complete and thorough documentation, see the links in the reference section.
awk - manipulate text
dhclient - manage DHCP
chmod - change permissions on files or directories.
chown - change file or directory owner.
cp - copy files or folders
crontab - configure scheduled tasks
dig - Domain Name System Information Groper (lookup DNS information)
find - Find files
grep - GNU Regular Expression Parser (find strings of text in files)
git - Software repository and version control
ip - manage IP addresses and such (replaces ifconfig... more or less)
mtr - (use instead of traceroute)
netstat - provides information about the network connection and activity
rsync - file copying utility (remote sync)
screen - manages multiple virtual terminal screens on one physical screen
sed- parse and edit text
SSH - Securely connect to a remote computer.
tar - Create and manage tar archive files.
vim - Command line text editor.
xargs - build a command from standard input
zcat - view zipped files without un-zipping them