Linux Command List (107)
Day 1:
File and Directory Management completed.
ls — List directory contents.
cd — Change directory.
pwd — Print working directory.
mkdir — Create a directory.
rmdir — Remove an empty directory.
rm — Remove files or directories.
cp — Copy files or directories.
mv — Move or rename files or directories.
touch — Create an empty file or update file timestamps.
find — Search for files and directories.
basename — Extract the file name from a path.
dirname — Extract the directory part of a path.
Day 2
File Viewing/Editing
cat — Concatenate and display file contents.
more — View file contents (paginates).
less — View file contents (paginates with navigation).
head — View the first few lines of a file.
tail — View the last few lines of a file.
vi or vim — Advanced text editor.
awk — Pattern scanning and processing.
sed — Stream editor for modifying files.
cut — Remove sections from lines of text.
sort — Sort lines of text.
uniq — Filter duplicate lines.
Day 3
File Permissions
chmod — Change file permissions.
chown — Change file owner and group.
chgrp — Change group ownership of a file.
setfacl — Set Access Control Lists (ACLs).
getfacl — Display Access Control Lists (ACLs).
umask — Set default permissions for new files.
Day 4
System Information
uname — Print system information.
top — Display running processes.
ps — View active processes.
df — Display disk space usage.
du — Display file/directory space usage.
free — Display memory usage.
uptime — Display system uptime.
hostname — Show or set system’s hostname.
lsof — List open files.
env — Display environment variables.
export — Set or export environment variables.
echo — Print text or variables.
Day 5
Networking
ping — Send ICMP echo requests to a host.
ifconfig or ip — Display or configure network interfaces.
netstat — Display network connections.
curl — Transfer data from or to a server.
wget — Download files from the web.
scp — Securely copy files between hosts.
Day 6
Package Management
yum update — Update all installed packages to their latest available versions.
yum updateinfo — Display information about package updates (enhancements, bug fixes,
security updates).
yum update --security — Apply only security updates to installed packages.
yum check-update — Check for available package updates without installing them.
yum upgrade — Upgrade packages, including obsolete ones.
dnf update — Update all installed packages (YUM successor).
dnf check-update — Check for available updates.
dnf upgrade — Perform an update and handle obsolete packages.
dnf updateinfo — View update details like bug fixes or security patches.
apt-get update — Update the package list from repositories.
apt-get upgrade — Upgrade installed packages to the newest versions.
apt-get dist-upgrade — Perform a distribution upgrade (handles dependency changes).
apt-get autoremove — Remove unnecessary packages and dependencies.
apt-get clean — Clear cached files from the package repository.
Day 7
Disk Management
lsblk — List information about block devices.
fdisk — Partition a disk.
mount — Mount a filesystem.
umount — Unmount a filesystem.
fsck — File system consistency check and repair.
blkid — Locate/print block device attributes.
parted — Create and manage disk partitions.
mkfs — Create a new filesystem.
swapoff — Disable swap space.
swapon — Enable swap space.
Day 8
User Management
useradd — Add a new user.
usermod — Modify user information.
userdel — Delete a user.
passwd — Change user password.
whoami — Display current logged-in user.
id — Show user and group IDs.
groups — Show groups for a user.
who — Show currently logged-in users.
last — Show last logins of users.
finger — Display user information.
Day 9
Process Management
kill — Terminate a process by ID.
killall — Terminate a process by name.
bg — Resume a job in the background.
fg — Bring a job to the foreground.
jobs — List active jobs.
Day 10
Archiving and Compression
tar — Archive files.
gzip — Compress files.
gunzip — Decompress files.
zip — Package and compress files.
unzip — Extract compressed files.
Day 11
Search
grep — Search for a pattern in files.
find — Search for files in a directory hierarchy.
locate — Find files by name.
which — Locate a command.
whereis — Locate the binary, source, and manual page for a command.
xargs — Build and execute command lines from standard input.
Day 12
System Shutdown and Reboot
shutdown — Shut down or reboot the system.
reboot — Reboot the system.
halt — Stop the system.
poweroff — Power off the system.
init 6 — Reboot the system.
init 0 — Shut down the system.
Day 13
Command Chaining and Redirection
| — Pipe output of one command as input to another.
> — Redirect output to a file (overwrite).
>> — Redirect output to a file (append).
< — Redirect input from a file.
2> — Redirect standard error to a file.
&> — Redirect both standard output and error to a file.
tee — Redirect output to both a file and the terminal.
; — Execute multiple commands sequentially.
&& — Execute the next command only if the previous one succeeds.
|| — Execute the next command only if the previous one fails.
