Most common linux commands Page
Most common Linux commands
Return to Linux, Linux commands, Command line or PowerShell commands
See List of Unix commands for the full list.
C
=cat
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* cat - Print Linux files to screen. Compared Windows command type or DOS command type
=cd
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* cd - change directory
=chmod
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* chmod - Change Linux permissions - Change Linux file permissions, Change Linux directory permissions - See Linux file permissions
* chown - Change owner - Change Linux file owner - Change Linux directory owner
F
=find
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* find - Linux find - Find Linux files by pattern.
H
=hostname
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* hostname - Display Linux hostname or computer name
L
=ls
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* ls - List items in a Linux directory
les
* less - Linux less command - The less command is considered to be a more powerful version of the Linux more command which is used to display information to the Linux terminal one page at a time.
M
=man
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* man - Show Linux manual - man pages
=more
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* more - Linux more command - The more command is considered to be a less powerful version of the Linux less command which is used to display information to the Linux terminal one page at a time.
P
=pwd
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* pwd - Print working directory - Display the current Linux directory
T
=tail
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* tail - Display the last X lines of a Linux file
W
=whoami
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* whoami - Display current user's name - Linux username
External sites
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* wp>Linux commands
Linux commands - Most common Linux commands