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Follow the below links for some useful Linux commands (with examples).
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
[[dhclient]] - manage DHCP
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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


[[dig]] -  Domain Name System Information Groper (lookup DNS information)
[[dig]] -  Domain Name System Information Groper (lookup DNS information)
[[exim]] - mail server (This wiki has some common exim commands)


[[find]] - Find files
[[find]] - Find files


[[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)


[[mtr]] - (use instead of traceroute)
[[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.
[[SSH]] - Securely connect to a remote computer.
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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