Monday, December 13, 2021

Linux Commands

 ls Lists the content of a directory
alias Define or display aliases
unalias Remove alias definitions
pwd Prints the working directory
cd Changes directory
cp Copies files and directories
rm Remove files and directories
mv Moves (renames) files and directories
mkdir Creates directories
man Displays manual page of other commands
touch Creates empty files
chmod Changes file permissions
chown   Change ownership
./ Runs an executable
exit Exits the current shell session
sudo Executes commands as superuser
shutdown Shutdowns your machine
htop Displays processes and resources information
unzip Extracts compressed ZIP files
apt, yum, pacman Package managers
echo Displays lines of text
cat Prints file contents
ps Reports shell processes status
kill Terminates programs
ping Tests network connectivity
vim Efficient text editing
history Shows a list of previous commands
passwd Changes user password
which Returns the full binary path of a program
shred Overwrites a file to hide its contents
less Inspects files interactively
tail Displays last lines of a file
head Displays first lines of a file
grep Prints lines that match patterns
whoami Outputs username
whatis Shows single-line descriptions
wc Word count files
uname Displays OS information
neofetch Displays OS and hardware information
find Searches for files that follow a pattern
wget Retrieves files from the internet

Curl, Wget, Winget & Powershell Install or Download Commands

After the mess I made in previous posts this summary might be useful.     Thanks PatchMyPC, the great and powerful program downloader and up...