| | 1 | Linux Commands |
| | 2 | What are some basic Linux commands? |
| | 3 | Below you will find a list of basic Linux commands. |
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| | 5 | ls Show files and folder in the current folder |
| | 6 | cp Copy files from one location to another, ex. cp filename newdir/filename |
| | 7 | less Opens a textfile in read-only, ex less filename |
| | 8 | cd .. Changes directory - one level lower. If you use cd /folder name - it will change directory to that folder. |
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| | 12 | Commonly-Used SGE Commands |
| | 13 | qsub Submit a Job |
| | 14 | qstat Determine the Status of a Job |
| | 15 | qdel Cancel a job |
| | 16 | qhold Place a hold on a queued job to prevent it from running |
| | 17 | qrls Release a job held with qhold |
| | 18 | qhost Display Node Information |
| | 19 | qmon An X-Windows interface to SGE commands |
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| | 21 | Here are more with links to the syntax: |
| | 22 | A |
| | 23 | alias Create your own name for a command |
| | 24 | arch print machine architecture |
| | 25 | ash ash command interpreter (shell) |
| | 26 | awk (gawk) pattern scanning and processing language |
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| | 29 | B |
| | 30 | basename Remove directory and suffix from a file name |
| | 31 | bash GNU Bourne-Again Shell |
| | 32 | bsh Command interpreter (Shell) |
| | 33 | bc Command line calculator |
| | 34 | bunzip2 Unzip .bz2 files |
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| | 36 | |
| | 37 | C |
| | 38 | cat Concatenate a file print it to the screen |
| | 39 | chgrp Change the group designation of a file |
| | 40 | chmod Change file permissions |
| | 41 | chown Change the owner of a file |
| | 42 | cjpeg Compress an image file to a JPEG file |
| | 43 | clear Clear terminal screen (command line) |
| | 44 | comm Compare two sorted files |
| | 45 | stty cooked Formatting the display of text in a terminal |
| | 46 | cp Copy command |
| | 47 | cpio Copy files to and from archives |
| | 48 | csh C Shell |
| | 49 | cut Print selected parts of lines to standard output |
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| | 52 | D |
| | 53 | date Display date and time |
| | 54 | dc Command line calculator |
| | 55 | df Show amount of disk space free |
| | 56 | diff Determine difference between two files |
| | 57 | diff3 Determine difference between 3 files |
| | 58 | dig Interrogate DNS name servers |
| | 59 | djpeg Decompress a JPEG file to an image file |
| | 60 | dmesg Print or control the kernel ring buffer (print out bootup messages) |
| | 61 | dnsdomainname Show the system's DNS domain name |
| | 62 | doexec Run an executable with an arbitrary argv |
| | 63 | domainname Show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name |
| | 64 | dos2unix Converts plain text files in DOS/MAC format to UNIX format |
| | 65 | du Show disk useage |
| | 66 | dumpkeys Write keyboard driver's translation tables to std output |
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| | 69 | E |
| | 70 | echo Display a line of text |
| | 71 | ed Line-oriented text editor |
| | 72 | egrep Print lines matching a pattern |
| | 73 | elinks A text mode WWW browser (supports frames) |
| | 74 | env Dislay the path |
| | 75 | ex Start Vim in ex mode |
| | 76 | eject Eject media from device ( command line ) |
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| | 79 | F |
| | 80 | factor Display prime factors of a number |
| | 81 | false Exit with a status code indicating failure |
| | 82 | fdisk The fdisk command with usage examples |
| | 83 | fgrep Variant of grep |
| | 84 | find Find a file |
| | 85 | finger Displays information about the system users |
| | 86 | fixps Try to fix common PostScript problems that break postprocessing |
| | 87 | free Display free memory |
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| | 89 | |
| | 90 | G |
| | 91 | grep Search for a pattern using regular expression |
| | 92 | gtar See the tar command |
| | 93 | gunzip Unzip .gz files |
| | 94 | gzip Compress using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77) |
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| | 97 | H |
| | 98 | halt Stop the system |
| | 99 | hdparm Get/set harddisk parameters |
| | 100 | head Print the first 10 lines of a file to standard output |
| | 101 | hostname Show or set the system's host name |
| | 102 | history Display entire command history |
| | 103 | HISTSIZE Change history size |
| | 104 | httpd Start Apache |
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| | 107 | I |
| | 108 | identify Describes the format and characteristics of image files. |
| | 109 | id Print information for username, or the current user |
| | 110 | ifconfig Display network and hardware addresses |
| | 111 | igawk Gawk with include files |
| | 112 | ipcalc Calculate IP information for a host |
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| | 115 | K |
| | 116 | kbd_mode Report or set the keyboard mode (RAW, MEDI- UMRAW or XLATE) |
| | 117 | kill Terminate a process |
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| | 120 | L |
| | 121 | last Show listing of last logged in users |
| | 122 | lastlog Formats and prints the contents of the last login log /var/log/lastlog file |
| | 123 | link Call the link function to create a link to a file |
| | 124 | links See elinks |
| | 125 | ln Create a link to the specified TARGET with optional LINK_NAME |
| | 126 | loadkeys Load keyboard translation tables |
| | 127 | locate Locate a file |
| | 128 | login Sign on |
| | 129 | look Displays any lines in file which contain "string" as a prefix. |
| | 130 | ls List directory contents |
| | 131 | lsmod List loaded kernel modules |
| | 132 | lynx Command to start the Lynx browser |
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| | 135 | M |
| | 136 | mac2unix Converts plain text files in DOS/MAC format to UNIX format |
| | 137 | mail A mail processing system, which has a command syntax like ed |
| | 138 | man Display a particular manual entry |
| | 139 | manweb Manweb is part of the Netpbm package |
| | 140 | mdu Display the amount of space occupied by an MSDOS directory |
| | 141 | mkdir Create a directory |
| | 142 | mkfs Make a filesystem on a drive |
| | 143 | mknod Make block or character special files |
| | 144 | mktemp Make temporary filename (unique) |
| | 145 | more Page through text one screenful at a time. |
| | 146 | mount Mount a filesystem/device |
| | 147 | mt Control magnetic tape drive operation |
| | 148 | mv Move and / or rename files |
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| | 151 | : |
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| | 157 | N |
| | 158 | namei Follow a pathname until a terminal point is found |
| | 159 | nano An enhanced free Pico clone |
| | 160 | nc arbitrary TCP and UDP connections and listens |
| | 161 | (note that nc is also called the client interface |
| | 162 | to the NEdit program but it is not the |
| | 163 | command that invokes nedit-nc on current systems) |
| | 164 | ncftp Browser program for the File Transfer Protocol |
| | 165 | nedit-nc nedit-nc is the client interface to the NEdit text editor |
| | 166 | netstat Display verbose info about network processes and ports |
| | 167 | nice Run a command with modified priority |
| | 168 | nisdomainname Show or set system's NIS/YP domain name |
| | 169 | nslookup query internet domain name servers |
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| | 172 | P |
| | 173 | paste Merge lines of files |
| | 174 | pdf2dsc Generate a PostScript page list of a PDF document |
| | 175 | pdf2ps Convert PDF file "input.pdf" to PostScript(tm) in "output.ps" |
| | 176 | pdfinfo Print contents of the 'Info' dictionary (plus some other useful information) from a PDF file |
| | 177 | pdftotext Convert pdf files to plain text |
| | 178 | perl (start) Practical Extraction and Report Language |
| | 179 | pgawk The profiling version of gawk |
| | 180 | pico Text editor that comes with Pine (from the University of Washington) |
| | 181 | pine Email program used by The University of Washington |
| | 182 | ping6 Ping |
| | 183 | ping Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts |
| | 184 | pinky A lightweight 'finger' program; |
| | 185 | pr Format for printing |
| | 186 | ps Processes running |
| | 187 | ps2ascii Ghostscript translator from PostScript or PDF to ASCII |
| | 188 | ps2epsi Generate conforming Encapsulated PostScript |
| | 189 | ps2frag Obsolete shell script for the PSfrag system |
| | 190 | ps2pdf12 Convert PostScript to PDF 1.2 (Acrobat 3 and later compatible) using ghostscript |
| | 191 | ps2pdf13 Convert PostScript to PDF 1.3 (Acrobat 4 and later compatible) using ghostscript |
| | 192 | ps2pdf14 Use ps2pdfwr: Convert PostScript to PDF without specifying Compatibility Level, using ghostscript |
| | 193 | ps2pdf Convert PostScript to PDF using ghostscript |
| | 194 | ps2pdfwr Convert PostScript to PDF without specifying Compatibility Level, using ghostscript |
| | 195 | ps2pk creates a TeX pkfont from a type1 PostScript font |
| | 196 | ps2ps ps2ps uses gs to convert PostScript(tm) file "input.ps" to simpler and (usually) faster PostScript in "output.ps" |
| | 197 | psbook Rearranges pages from a PostScript document into "signatures" for printing books or booklets |
| | 198 | pwd Print Working Directory |
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| | 201 | Q |
| | 202 | quota display disk usage and limits |
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| | 205 | R |
| | 206 | resize Xterm window size |
| | 207 | readelf Displays information about ELF files |
| | 208 | reboot Stop the system, poweroff, reboot |
| | 209 | red red is a restricted ed: it can only edit files in the current directory and cannot execute shell commands |
| | 210 | rename Rename files |
| | 211 | rmdir Remove a directory |
| | 212 | rm Remove files or directories |
| | 213 | rpm rpm command options |
| | 214 | rundig Sample script to create a search database for ht://Dig |
| | 215 | rview The GUI version of Vim in easy mode with restrictions |
| | 216 | rvi Vi / Vim editor |
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| | 219 | S |
| | 220 | sed Stream editor |
| | 221 | setfont Load EGA/VGA console screen font |
| | 222 | set gid Set group id |
| | 223 | set serial Get / set Linux serial port info |
| | 224 | set uid Set user id |
| | 225 | sfdisk Modified fdisk program |
| | 226 | sftp Secure file transfer protocol (ftp) |
| | 227 | sh Shell (BASH) |
| | 228 | shred Safely remove data from disk drive |
| | 229 | sleep Delay for a specified amount of time |
| | 230 | slocate Security Enhanced version of the GNU Locate |
| | 231 | sort Sort lines of a text file |
| | 232 | ssh Secure shell connection command |
| | 233 | stty change and print terminal line settings |
| | 234 | stty raw Unformatted output to terminal |
| | 235 | su Become super user ( root ) |
| | 236 | switchdesk Graphical and text mode interface for choosing desktop environment |
| | 237 | sync Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block |
| | 238 | ssh Secure shell connection command |
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| | 240 | |
| | 241 | T |
| | 242 | tail Print the last 10 Lines of a file standard output |
| | 243 | tar Create an Archive |
| | 244 | tcsh Enhanced completely compatible version of the Berkeley UNIX C shell, csh |
| | 245 | tee Copy standard input to each file, and also to standard output |
| | 246 | telnet User interface to the telnet protocol |
| | 247 | time Run the specified program command with the given arguments |
| | 248 | touch Change file timestamps |
| | 249 | tracepath6 See tracepath |
| | 250 | tracepath Trace path to a network host discovering MTU along this path |
| | 251 | traceroute6 See traceroute |
| | 252 | traceroute Print the route packets take to network host |
| | 253 | tree Display file tree |
| | 254 | true Exit with a status code indicating success |
| | 255 | tty Print name of terminal connected to standard output |
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| | 258 | U |
| | 259 | umask File creation mask / Bash builtins |
| | 260 | umount Detache file system(s) mentioned from file hierarchy |
| | 261 | uname Print system information ( kernel version ) |
| | 262 | unicode_start Put keyboard and console into Unicode (UTF-8) mode |
| | 263 | unicode_stop Undo the effect of unicode_start |
| | 264 | unlink Call the unlink function to remove the specified file |
| | 265 | uniq Remove duplicate lines from sorted file |
| | 266 | updatedb Update the slocate database |
| | 267 | unset gid Group id change |
| | 268 | unset uid User id change |
| | 269 | untar Unarchive ( untar ) a file |
| | 270 | unzip Unzip .zip files |
| | 271 | useradd Add new user |
| | 272 | users Output who is currently logged in according to system records |
| | 273 | usleep Sleep a given number of microseconds. default is 1 |
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| | 275 | |
| | 276 | V |
| | 277 | view Start vim in read-only mode |
| | 278 | vi Start the vi editor |
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| | 280 | |
| | 281 | W |
| | 282 | w Show who is logged on and what they are doing |
| | 283 | wc Word count of a file |
| | 284 | wget Non-interactive download of files from the Web |
| | 285 | whatis Search the whatis database for complete words (command names) |
| | 286 | whereis Locate a command or file |
| | 287 | which Find command path |
| | 288 | whoami Print effective userid |
| | 289 | who show who is logged on |
| | 290 | whois Client for the whois service |
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| | 292 | |
| | 293 | X,Y,Z |
| | 294 | xinit Start Xserver |
| | 295 | xpdf Portable Document Format (PDF) file viewer for X windows |
| | 296 | xrandr Change resolution running Xwindows ( command line ) |
| | 297 | ypdomainname show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name |
| | 298 | zcat Compress or expand files |
| | 299 | zip Compression and file packaging utility for Unix, VMS, MSDOS, OS/2, Windows NT, Minix, |
| | 300 | Atari and Macintosh, Amiga and Acorn RISC OS. It is analogous to a |
| | 301 | combination of the UNIX commands tar(1) and compress(1) and is |
| | 302 | compatible with PKZIP (Phil Katz’s ZIP for MSDOS |
| | 303 | systems) |
| | 304 | zipinfo List detailed information about a ZIP archive |