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FEW LINUX COMMANDS YOU MUST KNOW ls - The most frequently used command in Linux to list directories pwd - Print working directory command in Linux cd - Linux command to navigate through directories mkdir - Command used to create directories in Linux mv - Move or rename files in Linux cp - Similar usage as mv but for copying files in Linux rm - Delete files or directories touch - Create blank/empty files ln - Create symbolic links (shortcuts) to other files cat - Display file contents on the terminal clear - Clear the terminal display echo - Print any text that follows the command less - Linux command to display paged outputs in the terminal man - Access manual pages for all Linux commands uname - Linux command to get basic information about the OS whoami - Get the active username tar - Command to extract and compress files in Linux grep - Search for a string within an output head - Return the specified number of lines from the top tail - Return the specified number of lines from the bottom diff - Find the difference between two files cmp - Allows you to check if two files are identical comm - Combines the functionality of diff and cmp sort - Linux command to sort the content of a file while outputting export - Export environment variables in Linux zip - Zip files in Linux unzip - Unzip files in Linux ssh - Secure Shell command in Linux service - Linux command to start and stop services ps - Display active processes kill and killall - Kill active processes by process ID or name df - Display disk filesystem information mount - Mount file systems in Linux chmod - Command to change file permissions chown - Command for granting ownership of files or folders ifconfig - Display network interfaces and IP addresses traceroute - Trace all the network hops to reach the destination wget - Direct download files from the internet ufw - Firewall command iptables - Base firewall for all other firewall utilities to interface with apt, pacman, yum, rpm - Package managers depending on the distro sudo - Command to escalate privileges in Linux cal - View a command-line calendar alias - Create custom shortcuts for your regularly used commands dd - Majorly used for creating bootable USB sticks whereis - Locate the binary, source, and manual pages for a command whatis - Find what a command is used for top - View active processes live with their system usage useradd and usermod - Add new user or change existing users data passwd - Create or update passwords for existing users. Thank you all, see you next time. |
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Hello, please, can you kindly send me an email as well? I would like to communicate with you on some questions I have regarding the travel details you just enlightened us about. Email: charliekav005@gmail.com Thanks. |
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