About Linux…

Linux is an open-source operating system that has different distributions.

Here is a list of some Linux commands and a brief description of how they are used:

1. rm – This deletes a file or directory
2. sort –  This sorts the lines of a file
3. uniq –  This removes duplicate lines from a file
4. tar –  This creates or extracts a tar archive file
5. apt-get –  This is a package management tool for installing, updating and removing software packages on Debian-based distributions
6. yum –  This is a package management tool, similar to apt-get, used on some Red Hat-based systems
7. dpkg –  This is a tool for installing, building, and managing Debian packages
8. gcc –  This is the GNU Compiler Collection, a suite of compilers for C, C++, and other languages
9. ssh –  This is (secure shell) a tool for connecting to and controlling a remote machine over an encrypted connection
10. scp –  This is (secure copy) a tool for copying files between two machines over an encrypted connection
11. rsync –  This is a tool for efficiently transferring and synchronizing files between two locations
12. wget –  This is a tool for downloading files over the internet
13. curl –  This is a tool for transferring data with URLs
14. ping –  This is a tool for testing network connectivity
15. traceroute –  This is a tool for displaying the route that a packet takes to reach its destination
16. ifconfig –  This is a tool for configuring network interfaces
17. ip –  This is a tool for displaying and manipulating network settings
18. netstat –  This is a tool for displaying information about network connections
19. systemctl –  This is a tool for controlling system services and daemons
20. journalctl –  This is a tool for viewing and managing the system journal
21. uptime –  This is a tool for displaying how long the system has been running
22. top –  This is a tool for displaying real-time information about system resources and processes
23. htop –  This is a more user-friendly version of top
24. alias –  This creates an alias for a command
25. case –  This specifies a command to run based on a value or pattern

These are more Linux commands:

1. cd – change the current working directory
2. chgrp –  This changes the group ownership of a file or directory
3. chmod –  This changes the permissions of a file or directory
4. df –  This displays information about free disk space on the system
5. echo –  This prints a message to the terminal
6. free –  This displays information about free and used memory in the system
7. groupadd –  This adds a new group
8. groupdel –  This deletes a group
9. groupmod –  This modifies a group
10. groups –  This displays the groups that a user is a member of
11. gzip –  This compresses or decompresses a file
12. head –  This displays the first few lines of a file
13. history –  This displays a list of recently used commands
14. if –  This executes a command based on a condition
15. jobs –  This displays a list of jobs
16. kill –  This sends a signal to a process to terminate it
17. less –  This views a file one page at a time
18. ln –  This creates a link to a file
19. locate – find the location of a file
20. login –  This logs into the system
21. logout –  This logs out of the system
22. lp –  This prints a file
23. lpr –  This prints a file
24. ls –  This lists the files and directories in a directory
25. make –  This builds software from source code

Additional commands are listed below:

1. man – This displays the manual page for a command
2. mkdir – This creates a new directory
3. more – This views a file one page at a time
4. mv – This moves or renames a file or directory
5. nice – This executes a program/process with modified scheduling priority

6. apropos – This searches the manual page names and descriptions for a keyword

7. awk –  This is a pattern-directed scanning and processing language

8. bg –  This sends a job to the background

9. break –  This exits from a loop

10. cat –  This displays the contents of a file

11. cd –  This changes the current working directory

12. chgrp –  This changes the group ownership of a file or directory

13. chmod –  This changes the permissions of a file or directory

14. chown –  This changes the owner of a file or directory

15. chroot –  This changes the root directory for the current process

16. cksum –  This calculates the checksum of a file

17. clear –  This clears the terminal screen

18. cmp –  This compares the contents of two files

19. comm –  This compares the contents of two sorted files

20. command –  This executes a command, bypassing any shell functions

21. continue –  This resumes the next iteration of a loop

22. cp – This copies a file or directory

23. crontab – This is a utility for managing cron jobs

24. csplit –  This splits a file into sections determined by context

25. cut – This extracts fields or columns from a file

More Linux commands are listed below:

1. date – This displays or sets the system date and time

2. dc – This is a desk calculator utility

3. dd – This copies and converts a file

4. df – This displays information about free disk space on the system

5. diff –  This compares differences between two files

6. dir – This lists the files in a directory

7. dirname – This strips non-directory suffixes from a file name

8. du – This displays the size of a file or directory

9. echo – This prints a message to the terminal

10. egrep –  This searches for a pattern in a file or multiple files using extended regular expressions

11. env –  This displays or sets environment variables

12. exit –  This exits the current shell or script

13. expand –  This converts tabs to spaces

14. expr –  This evaluates an expression

15. fg – This brings a job to the foreground

16. fgrep – This searches for a pattern in a file or multiple files using fixed strings

17. file –  This determines the type of a file

18. find –  This searches for files based on various criteria

19. fmt – This reformats paragraph text

20. fold –  This wraps a text at a specified width

21. for –  This executes a command for each item in a list

22. free –  This displays information about free and used memory in the system

23. fsck – This checks and repairs a filesystem

24. gawk –  This is a pattern-directed scanning and processing language

25. grep –  This searches for a pattern in a file or multiple files

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