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linux Command

Linux contains commands

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Command Description Example

pwd Print working directory pwd

ls List files and directories ls

cd Change directory cd directory_name

mkdir Make directory mkdir new_directory

rmdir Remove directory rmdir empty_directory

cp Copy files or directories cp file.txt /path/to/destination

mv Move files or directories mv file.txt /path/to/destination

rm Remove files or directories rm file.txt

touch Create an empty file touch new_file.txt

cat Display or concatenate files cat file.txt

man Display the manual for a command man ls

chmod Change file permissions chmod 755 file.txt

chown Change file owner and group chown user:group file.txt

kill Terminate a process kill process_id

top Display system activity in real-time top

df Display disk space usage df -h

du Display file and directory space usage du -h


head Display the beginning of a file head file.txt

tail Display the end of a file tail file.txt

grep Search for a pattern in files grep pattern file.txt

find Search for files and directories find /path -name “*.txt”

tar -cvf archive.tar


tar Create or extract tar archives
/path/to/directory

zip Create or extract zip archives zip archive.zip file.txt

unzip Extract files from a zip archive unzip archive.zip

ssh Connect to a remote server ssh username@hostname

whoami Display the current username whoami

Execute a command with superuser


sudo sudo command
privileges

su Switch user or become superuser su username

passwd Change user password passwd

echo Display a message or output to a file echo “Hello, Linux!” > greeting.txt

history Display command history history

wc Count lines, words, and characters in a file wc file.txt

sed Stream editor for text manipulation sed ‘s/old/new/g’ file.txt

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