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Essential Linux Terminal Commands

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Basic Linux Terminal Commands

Linux Commands Functions

1. Ls Displays information about files in the current directory.

2. pwd Displays the current working directory.

3. mkdir Creates a directory.

4. cd To navigate between different folders.

5. rmdir Removes empty directories from the directory lists.

6. cp Copy files from one directory to another.

7. mv Rename and replace the files

8. rm Delete files

9. uname Command to get basic information about the OS

10. locate Find a file in the database.

11. touch Create empty files

12. ln Create shortcuts to other files


Basic Linux Terminal Commands

13. cat Display file contents on terminal

14. clear Clear terminal

15. ps Display the processes in terminal

16. man Access manual for all Linux commands

17. grep Search for a specific string in an output

18. echo Print string or text to the terminal

19. wget download files from the internet.

20. whoami Displays the current users name

21. sort sort the file content

22. cal View Calendar in terminal

View the exact location of any command typed after this


23. whereis
command

24. df Check the details of the file system

Check the lines, word count, and characters in a file using


25. wc
different options

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