Most common linux commands Page

Most common Linux commands



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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


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