Top 50 Linux Commands You Must Know as a Regular User

Top 50 Linux Commands You Must Know as a Regular User

1. ls - view contents of directory (list)

2. pwd - path of the current directory

3. cd -  change directory

4. mkdir - make new directory

5. mv - move files / rename files

6. cp - copy files

7. rm - remove files

8. touch - create blank new file

9. rmdir - delete directory

10. cat - list content of file to terminal

11. clear - clear terminal window

12. echo - move data into a file

13. less - Read text file one screen at a time

14. man - show manual of Linux commands

15. sudo - enables you to perform tasks that require administrative or root permissions

16. top - task manager in terminal

17. tar - used to archive multiple files into a tarball

18. grep - used to searching words in specific files

19. head - view first lines of any text file

20. tail - view last lines of any text file

21. diff - compares the contents of two files line by line

22. kill - used for killing unresponsive program

23. jobs - display all current jobs along with their statuses

24. sort - is a command line utility for sorting lines of text files

25. df - info about system disk

26. du - check how much space a file or directory takes

27. zip - to compress your files into a zip archive

28. unzip - to extract the zipped files from a zip archive

29. ssh - a secure encrypted connection between two hosts over and insecure network

30. cal - shows calendar

31. apt - command line tool for interaction with packaging system

32. alias - custom shortcuts used to represent a command

33. w - current user info

34. whereis - used to locate the binary, source, manual page files

35. whatis - used to get one-line man page description

36. useradd - used to create a new user

37. passwd - used to changing password of current user

38. whoami - print current user

39. uptime - print current time when machine starts

40. free - print free disk space info

41. history - print used commands history

42. uname - print detailed information about your Linux system

43. ping - to check connectivity status to a server

44. chmod - to change permissions of files and directories

45. chown - to change ownership of files and directories

46. find - using find searches for files and directories

47. locate - used to locate a file, just like the search command in Windows

48. ifconfig - print ip address stuff

49. ip a - similar to ifconfig but shortest print

50. finger - gives you a short dump of info about a user