Linux Quick Reference Linux Quick Reference Linux Quick Reference

SOME USEFUL COMMANDS SOME USEFUL COMMANDS SOME USEFUL COMMANDS

Command Task Command Task Command Task Command Task Command Task Command Task
File/Directory Basics File Location File/Directory Basics File Location File/Directory Basics File Location
ls List files find Locate files ls List files find Locate files ls List files find Locate files
cp Copy files slocate Locate files via index cp Copy files slocate Locate files via index cp Copy files slocate Locate files via index
mv Rename files which Locate commands mv Rename files which Locate commands mv Rename files which Locate commands
rm Delete files whereis Locate standard files rm Delete files whereis Locate standard files rm Delete files whereis Locate standard files
ln Link files ln Link files ln Link files
File Text Manipulation File Text Manipulation File Text Manipulation
cd Change directory cd Change directory cd Change directory
grep Search text for matching grep Search text for matching grep Search text for matching
pwd Print current directory lines pwd Print current directory lines pwd Print current directory lines
name name name
cut Extract columns cut Extract columns cut Extract columns
mkdir Create directory mkdir Create directory mkdir Create directory
paste Append columns paste Append columns paste Append columns
rmdir Delete directory rmdir Delete directory rmdir Delete directory
tr Translate characters tr Translate characters tr Translate characters
File Viewing sort Sort lines File Viewing sort Sort lines File Viewing sort Sort lines
cat View files uniq Locate identical lines cat View files uniq Locate identical lines cat View files uniq Locate identical lines
less Page through files tee Copy stdin to a file and less Page through files tee Copy stdin to a file and less Page through files tee Copy stdin to a file and
head View file beginning to stdout simultaneously head View file beginning to stdout simultaneously head View file beginning to stdout simultaneously
tail View file ending File Compression tail View file ending File Compression tail View file ending File Compression
nl Number lines gzip Compress files nl Number lines gzip Compress files nl Number lines gzip Compress files
od View binary data (GNU Zip) od View binary data (GNU Zip) od View binary data (GNU Zip)
xxd View binary data compress Compress files (Unix) xxd View binary data compress Compress files (Unix) xxd View binary data compress Compress files (Unix)
gv View Postscript/PDF files bzip2 Compress files (BZip2) gv View Postscript/PDF files bzip2 Compress files (BZip2) gv View Postscript/PDF files bzip2 Compress files (BZip2)
xdvi View TeX DVI files zip Compress files xdvi View TeX DVI files zip Compress files xdvi View TeX DVI files zip Compress files
(Windows Zip) (Windows Zip) (Windows Zip)
File Creation and Editing File Creation and Editing File Creation and Editing
emacs Text editor File Comparison emacs Text editor File Comparison emacs Text editor File Comparison
vim Text editor diff Compare files line by line vim Text editor diff Compare files line by line vim Text editor diff Compare files line by line
umask Set default file comm Compare sorted files umask Set default file comm Compare sorted files umask Set default file comm Compare sorted files
protections cmp Compare files byte protections cmp Compare files byte protections cmp Compare files byte
soffice Edit Word/Excel/ by byte soffice Edit Word/Excel/ by byte soffice Edit Word/Excel/ by byte
PowerPoint docs md5sum Compute checksums PowerPoint docs md5sum Compute checksums PowerPoint docs md5sum Compute checksums
abiword Edit Word documents abiword Edit Word documents abiword Edit Word documents
Disks and Filesystems Disks and Filesystems Disks and Filesystems
gnumeric Edit Excel documents gnumeric Edit Excel documents gnumeric Edit Excel documents
df Show free disk space df Show free disk space df Show free disk space
File Properties mount Make a disk accessible File Properties mount Make a disk accessible File Properties mount Make a disk accessible
stat Display file attributes fsck Check a disk for errors stat Display file attributes fsck Check a disk for errors stat Display file attributes fsck Check a disk for errors
wc Count bytes/words/lines sync Flush disk caches wc Count bytes/words/lines sync Flush disk caches wc Count bytes/words/lines sync Flush disk caches
du Measure disk usage du Measure disk usage du Measure disk usage
Backups and Remote Storage Backups and Remote Storage Backups and Remote Storage
file Identify file types file Identify file types file Identify file types
mt Control a tape drive mt Control a tape drive mt Control a tape drive
touch Change file timestamps touch Change file timestamps touch Change file timestamps
dump Back up a disk dump Back up a disk dump Back up a disk
chown Change file owner chown Change file owner chown Change file owner
restore Restore a dump restore Restore a dump restore Restore a dump
chgrp Change file group chgrp Change file group chgrp Change file group
tar Read/write tape archives tar Read/write tape archives tar Read/write tape archives
chmod Change file protections chmod Change file protections chmod Change file protections
cdrecord Burn a CD cdrecord Burn a CD cdrecord Burn a CD
chattr Change advanced file chattr Change advanced file chattr Change advanced file
attributes rsync Mirror a set of files attributes rsync Mirror a set of files attributes rsync Mirror a set of files
lsattr List advanced file lsattr List advanced file lsattr List advanced file
attributes attributes attributes

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