Here’s a Linux command cheat sheet with 100 commonly used commands:
1. pwd — Print the current working directory.
2. ls — List directory contents.
3. cd — Change directory.
4. mkdir — Create a new directory.
5. rm — Remove files or directories.
6. cp — Copy files and directories.
7. mv — Move or rename files and directories.
8. touch — Create an empty file or update the timestamp of an existing file.
9. cat — Display the contents of a file.
10. head — Display the first few lines of a file.
11. tail — Display the last few lines of a file.
12. grep — Search for a pattern in files.
13. find — Search for files and directories.
14. tar — Create or extract tar archives.
15. gzip — Compress files.
16. gunzip — Decompress files compressed with gzip.
17.zip — Create or extract zip archives.
18. unzip — Extract files from a zip archive.
19. ssh — Connect to a remote server using SSH.
20. scp — Copy files between local and remote machines over SSH.
21. wget — Download files from the web.
22. curl — Transfer data from or to a server using various protocols.
23. man — Display the manual pages for a command.
24. which — Display the location of a command.
25. history — Display the command history.
26. sudo — Run a command with administrative privileges.
27. su — Switch to another user account.
28. chmod — Change the permissions of a file or directory.
29. chown — Change the ownership of a file or directory.
30. chgrp — Change the group ownership of a file or directory.
31. du — Estimate file and directory space usage.
32. df — Display disk space usage.
33. top — Display system resource usage and running processes.
34. ps — Display running processes.
35. kill — Terminate processes.
36. ifconfig — Configure network interfaces.
37. ping — Send ICMP echo requests to a host.
38. nslookup — Query DNS servers for DNS records.
39. netstat — Display network connections, routing tables, and interface
statistics.
40. ssh-keygen — Generate SSH key pairs.
41. grep — Search for a pattern in files.
42. awk — Text processing tool for extracting and manipulating data.
43. sed — Stream editor for text manipulation.
44. diff — Compare files line by line.
45. sort — Sort lines of text files.
46. cut — Extract sections from lines of files.
47. wc — Count lines, words, and characters in a file.
48. tee — Redirect output to multiple files or processes.
49. uptime — Display system uptime and load averages.
50. who — Display logged-in users.
51. date — Display or set the system date and time.
52. cal — Display a calendar.
53. tar — Create or extract tar archives.
54. df — Display disk space usage.
55. free — Display memory usage.
56. uname — Display system information.
57. ifconfig — Configure network interfaces.
58. route — Display or manipulate the IP routing table.
59. iptables — Administration tool for IPv4 packet filtering and NAT.
60. shutdown — Shut down or reboot the system.
61. reboot — Reboot the system.
62. halt — Halt the system.
63. locate — Find files by name.
64. updatedb — Update the file database used by ‘locate’.
65. alias — Create an alias for a command.
66. source — Execute commands from a file in the current shell.
67. tar — Create or extract tar archives.
68. gzip — Compress files.
69. gunzip — Decompress files compressed with gzip.
70. zip — Create or extract zip archives.
71.unzip — Extract files from a zip archive.
72. crontab — Schedule commands or scripts to run at specified intervals.
73. nohup — Run a command immune to hangups and with output to a
non-tty.
74. wget — Download files from the web.
75. curl — Transfer data from or to a server using various protocols.
76. grep — Search for a pattern in files.
77. find — Search for files and directories.
78. wc — Count lines, words, and characters in a file.
79. sed — Stream editor for text manipulation.
80. awk — Text processing tool for extracting and manipulating data.
81. cut — Extract sections from lines of files.
82. sort — Sort lines of text files.
83. diff — Compare files line by line.
84. ssh — Connect to a remote server using SSH.
85. scp — Copy files between local and remote machines over SSH.
86. rsync — Synchronize files and directories between systems.
87. crontab — Schedule commands or scripts to run at specified intervals.
88. tar — Create or extract tar archives.
89. top — Display system resource usage and running processes.
90. ps — Display running processes.
91. kill — Terminate processes.
92. lsof — List open files and processes that use them.
93. lscpu — Display information about the CPU architecture.
94. lshw — Display detailed hardware configuration.
95. lspci — Display information about PCI devices.
96. lsusb — Display information about USB devices.
97. uname — Display system information.
98. iftop — Display network bandwidth usage.
99. sar — Collect, report, or save system activity information.
100. nc — Netcat utility for reading from and writing to network
connections.
