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    Linux Command Quick Reference

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    This document contains summaries of Linux commands for managing users, the system, files and directories, processes, networking, archiving and compression. Some key commands include su to switch users, useradd/del to manage user accounts, reboot/shutdown to control the system, ls/cd for navigating directories, tar/gzip to archive and compress files.

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    This document contains summaries of Linux commands for managing users, the system, files and directories, processes, networking, archiving and compression. Some key commands include su to switch users, useradd/del to manage user accounts, reboot/shutdown to control the system, ls/cd for navigating directories, tar/gzip to archive and compress files.

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    This document contains summaries of Linux commands for managing users, the system, files and directories, processes, networking, archiving and compression. Some key commands include su to switch users, useradd/del to manage user accounts, reboot/shutdown to control the system, ls/cd for navigating directories, tar/gzip to archive and compress files.

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    su switch user

    su - switch to root
    passwd change user's password
    login sign into a new system
    logout log out of a system
    logname retun users login name

    useradd create a new user or update default new user information


    userdel remove a user account
    usermod modify a user account
    groupadd create a new group account
    groupdel enable a super user or root to remove a group
    groupmod enable a super user or root to modify a group
    who display who is on the system
    whois internet user name directory service
    hostid print the numeric identifier for the current host
    hostname set or print the name of the currnet host system
    finger list information about the user

    exit exit shell


    reboot reboot the system
    shutdown shutdown the system
    shutdown -r minutes shutdown the system after the specified number of minutes
    poweroff/halt stop the computer
    sleep wait for x seconds to sleep

    date set/display date and time


    settime change file access and modificaiton time
    cal calendar
    time used to time a simple command

    clear clear screen


    echo display message on screen
    printf write formatted output
    df display free disk space
    uname show system information
    whereis locate a binary, source, and manual page files for a command
    env display environment variables
    set set the value of an environment variable
    setenv set the value of an environment variable
    ftp enable ftp access to another terminal
    telnet open a login session on the specified host
    ping send an echo request via TCP/IP to the specified host
    netstat show network status
    mount/umount mount or unmount file systems and remote resources

    jobs list the jobs currently running in the background


    fg continue a stopped job by running it in the foreground
    bg continue a stopped job in the background
    stop cancel a process execution
    ps report the process status
    ps -ef display full information about each of the processes now running
    kill cancel a job, a process
    which locate a command

    . current directory
    .. father directory
    ~ home directory
    $HOME home directory

    pwd print working directory


    ls display directory contents
    ls -l display directory contents in details

    cd/chdir change directory


    mkdir make directory
    mv change directory or file's name from src to tar or move the src into the
    rmdir remove an existing directory (directory must not be empty)
    rm remove files
    rm -r remove directories (even not be empty)
    rm -rf remove all files and subdirectories (dangerous command)
    cp copy file
    cp -r copy directory
    chmod change the permission of a file
    chown change the owner of a file
    diff display two files and print the lines that are different
    cmp compare two files
    grep search for file(s) with given string, find text within a file
    find . -print | sort print the current directory's structure
    sort sort files
    cat view and/or modify a file
    more display file contents to screen (1 page at a time)
    less opposite of more
    head display the first part of the file
    tail display the last part of the file
    wc display a count of lines, words, and characters in a file

    tar compress or expand files


    tar -cvvf file.tar myfile.txt achieve a tar file
    tar -cvvf home.tar home/
    tar -xvvf myfile.tar extract the file from a tar file
    tar -xvzf myfile.tar.gz -C destdir
    gzip/gunzip/gzcat compress or expand files

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