a collection of basic commands in linux that you must know

Want to learn the Linux operating system? Here are a variety of basic commands that are often used in Linux to make it easier for you to learn them.

LINUX is one of the most widely used operating systems besides Windows and MacOS. based Open SourceThis operating system has a variety of interesting features and is easy to modify, which is one of the reasons why hackers choose Linux over Windows.

In general, users who are used to using Windows or Mac will be a little confused when they are just starting to try Linux. In order not to be too blind when trying Linux, here JalanTikus share some basic commands (basic commands) commonly used in Linux.

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Basic Commands on Linux

Here are a variety of basic Linux commands that you must know when learning or trying the Open Source Linux operating system. Linux Basic Commands it works in almost all versions of Linux, of course this will make it easier for you when trying Linux.

mkdir create directory

• Usage: mkdir [OPTION] DIRECTORY
• Example: mkdir lhn

ls list directory list

• Usage: ls [OPTION] [FILE]
• Example: ls, ls l, ls lhn

CD change directory

• Usage: cd [DIRECTORY]
• Example: cd lhn

pwd - print current directory name

• Usage: pwd

vim Vi Improved, a programmers text editor

• Usage: vim [OPTION] [file]
• Example: vim lhn.txt

cp copy files and directories

• Usage: cp [OPTION] SOURCE DEST
• Example: cp sample.txt sample_copy.txt
• cp sample_copy.txt target_dir

mv move (rename) files

• Usage: mv [OPTION] SOURCE DEST
• Example: mv source.txt target_dir
• mv old.txt new.txt

rm delete files or directories

• Usage: rm [OPTION] FILE
• Example: rm file1.txt , rm rf some_dir

find look for

• Usage: find [OPTION] [path] [pattern]
• Example: find file1.txt, find name file1.txt

history prints recently used commands

• Usage: history

paint concatenate files and display in output standard

• Usage: cat [OPTION] [FILE]
• Example: cat file1.txt file2.txt
• cat n file1.txt

echo display text line

• Usage: echo [OPTION] [string]
• Example: echo I love India
• echo $HOME

grep display a line that matches the pattern

• Usage: grep [OPTION] PATTERN [FILE]
• Example: grep i apple sample.txt

toilet display the number of lines, words and bytes a file

• Usage: wc [OPTION] [FILE]
• Example: wc file1.txt
• wc L file1.txt

sort sort

• Usage: sort [OPTION] [FILE]
• Example: sort file1.txt
• sort r file1.txt

tar archive files

• Usage: tar [OPTION] DEST SOURCE
• Example: tar cvf /home/archive.tar /home/original
• tar xvf /home/archive.tar

kill kill a process

• Usage: kill [OPTION] pid
• Example: kill 9 2275

ps display a snapshot of the current process

• Usage: ps [OPTION]
• Example: ps, ps el

who know who's logged in

• Usage: who [OPTION]
• Example: who , who b , who q

passwd password update

• Usage: passwd [OPTION]
• Example: passwd

su change USER ID or become super user

• Usage: su [OPTION] [LOGIN]
• Example: su remo, su

chown change file or group owner

• Usage: chown [OPTION] OWNER[:[GROUP]] FILE
• Example: chown remo myfile.txt

chmod change file permissions

• Usage: chmod [OPTION] [MODE] [FILE]
• Example: chmod 744 calculate.sh

zip archive files

• Usage: zip [OPTION] DEST SOURSE
• Example: zip original.zip original

unzip open a ZIP archived file

• Usage: unzip filename
• Example: unzip original.zi

ssh SSH client (remote login program)

• ssh is a program for logging into a remote machine and for executing commands on a remote machine
• Usage: ssh [options] [user]@hostname
• Example: ssh X [email protected]

scp secure copy (remote file copy program)

• scp copies files between hosts on a network
• Usage: scp [options] [[user]@host1:file1] [[user]@host2:file2]
• Example: scp file1.txt [email protected]:~/Desktop/

fdisk partition manipulator

• Example: sudo fdisk l

mount mount a file system

• Usage: mount t type device dir
• Example: mount /dev/sda5 /media/target

umount unmount file systems

• Usage: umount [OPTIONS] dir | device
• Example: umount /media/target

du see storage capacity

• Usage: du [OPTION] [FILE]
• Example: du

df see the amount of storage usage

• Usage: df [OPTION] [FILE]
• Example: df

quota view disk usage and limits

• Usage: quota [OPTION]
• Example: quota v

reboot restart the system

• Usage: reboot [OPTION]
• Example: reboot

power off shut down the system

• Usage: poweroff [OPTION]
• Example: poweroff

Kate KDE Editor

• Usage: kate [options][file(s)]
• Example: kate file1.txt file2.txt

vim Vi Improved, a programmers text editor

• Usage: vim [OPTION] [file]
• Example: vi hello.c

gedit Text editor for creating and editing files

• Usage: gedit [OPTION] [FILE]
• Example: gedit

bg make processes in front run behind

• Usage: type ctrl+z and then bg

fg make background process run in front

• Usage: fg [jobid]

jobs display process ID and name

• Usage: jobs

sed stream editor for sorting and transforming text

• Usage: sed [OPTION] [file input]
• Example: sed s/love/hate/g loveletter.txt

awk pattern scan and language processing

• Example: awk F: { print $1 } sample_awk.txt

find search in one directory

• Usage: find [OPTION] [path] [pattern]
• Example: find name file1.txt

locate look for

• Usage: locate [OPTION] FILE
• Example: locate file1.txt

Those are the various basic Linux commands that you must know so as not to be too blind when using Linux. If there are errors or things you want to convey, don't forget to write them in the comments column. Good luck!