Linux Command List (107)

Day 1:

File and Directory Management completed.

 ls — List directory contents.

 cd — Change directory.

 pwd — Print working directory.

 mkdir — Create a directory.

 rmdir — Remove an empty directory.

 rm — Remove files or directories.

 cp — Copy files or directories.

 mv — Move or rename files or directories.

 touch — Create an empty file or update file timestamps.

 find — Search for files and directories.

 basename — Extract the file name from a path.

 dirname — Extract the directory part of a path.

Day 2

File Viewing/Editing

 cat — Concatenate and display file contents.

 more — View file contents (paginates).

 less — View file contents (paginates with navigation).

 head — View the first few lines of a file.

 tail — View the last few lines of a file.

 vi or vim — Advanced text editor.

 awk — Pattern scanning and processing.

 sed — Stream editor for modifying files.

 cut — Remove sections from lines of text.

  sort — Sort lines of text.

 uniq — Filter duplicate lines.

Day 3

File Permissions

 chmod — Change file permissions.

 chown — Change file owner and group.

 chgrp — Change group ownership of a file.

 setfacl — Set Access Control Lists (ACLs).

 getfacl — Display Access Control Lists (ACLs).

 umask — Set default permissions for new files.

Day 4

System Information

 uname — Print system information.

 top — Display running processes.

 ps — View active processes.

 df — Display disk space usage.

 du — Display file/directory space usage.

 free — Display memory usage.

 uptime — Display system uptime.

 hostname — Show or set system’s hostname.

 lsof — List open files.

 env — Display environment variables.

 export — Set or export environment variables.

 echo — Print text or variables.

Day 5
Networking

 ping — Send ICMP echo requests to a host.

 ifconfig or ip — Display or configure network interfaces.

 netstat — Display network connections.

 curl — Transfer data from or to a server.

 wget — Download files from the web.

 scp — Securely copy files between hosts.

Day 6

Package Management

 yum update — Update all installed packages to their latest available versions.

 yum updateinfo — Display information about package updates (enhancements, bug fixes,
security updates).

 yum update --security — Apply only security updates to installed packages.

 yum check-update — Check for available package updates without installing them.

 yum upgrade — Upgrade packages, including obsolete ones.

 dnf update — Update all installed packages (YUM successor).

 dnf check-update — Check for available updates.

 dnf upgrade — Perform an update and handle obsolete packages.

 dnf updateinfo — View update details like bug fixes or security patches.

 apt-get update — Update the package list from repositories.

 apt-get upgrade — Upgrade installed packages to the newest versions.

 apt-get dist-upgrade — Perform a distribution upgrade (handles dependency changes).

 apt-get autoremove — Remove unnecessary packages and dependencies.

 apt-get clean — Clear cached files from the package repository.

Day 7

Disk Management

 lsblk — List information about block devices.

 fdisk — Partition a disk.

 mount — Mount a filesystem.

 umount — Unmount a filesystem.

 fsck — File system consistency check and repair.

 blkid — Locate/print block device attributes.

 parted — Create and manage disk partitions.

 mkfs — Create a new filesystem.

 swapoff — Disable swap space.

 swapon — Enable swap space.

Day 8

User Management

 useradd — Add a new user.

 usermod — Modify user information.

 userdel — Delete a user.

 passwd — Change user password.

 whoami — Display current logged-in user.

 id — Show user and group IDs.

 groups — Show groups for a user.

 who — Show currently logged-in users.

 last — Show last logins of users.

 finger — Display user information.

Day 9

Process Management

 kill — Terminate a process by ID.

  killall — Terminate a process by name.

 bg — Resume a job in the background.

 fg — Bring a job to the foreground.

 jobs — List active jobs.

Day 10

Archiving and Compression

 tar — Archive files.

 gzip — Compress files.

 gunzip — Decompress files.

 zip — Package and compress files.

 unzip — Extract compressed files.

Day 11

Search

 grep — Search for a pattern in files.

 find — Search for files in a directory hierarchy.

 locate — Find files by name.

 which — Locate a command.

 whereis — Locate the binary, source, and manual page for a command.

 xargs — Build and execute command lines from standard input.

Day 12

System Shutdown and Reboot

 shutdown — Shut down or reboot the system.

 reboot — Reboot the system.

 halt — Stop the system.

 poweroff — Power off the system.

 init 6 — Reboot the system.

  init 0 — Shut down the system.

Day 13

Command Chaining and Redirection

 | — Pipe output of one command as input to another.

 > — Redirect output to a file (overwrite).

 >> — Redirect output to a file (append).

 < — Redirect input from a file.

 2> — Redirect standard error to a file.

 &> — Redirect both standard output and error to a file.

 tee — Redirect output to both a file and the terminal.

 ; — Execute multiple commands sequentially.

 && — Execute the next command only if the previous one succeeds.

 || — Execute the next command only if the previous one fails.