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Basic Commands

The document outlines basic commands in Kali Linux, including 'date' for displaying the current date and time, 'cal' for showing the calendar, and 'cd' for changing directories. It also covers commands for copying files ('cp'), identifying the current user ('whoami'), listing directory contents ('ls'), creating directories ('mkdir'), deleting files ('rm'), moving or renaming files ('mv'), displaying system information ('uname'), and checking system uptime ('uptime'). The aim is to understand and utilize these commands effectively.

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Basic Commands

The document outlines basic commands in Kali Linux, including 'date' for displaying the current date and time, 'cal' for showing the calendar, and 'cd' for changing directories. It also covers commands for copying files ('cp'), identifying the current user ('whoami'), listing directory contents ('ls'), creating directories ('mkdir'), deleting files ('rm'), moving or renaming files ('mv'), displaying system information ('uname'), and checking system uptime ('uptime'). The aim is to understand and utilize these commands effectively.

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EX.NO.

2 BASIC COMMANDS IN KALI LINUX

Aim

To understand and utilize the basic commands in Kali Linux.

1. Date Command

In Kali Linux, the 'date' command is used to display the system date and time. In
order to display the date, we have to use the following command:

Syntax:

# date

2. Cal Command

The cal command displays the current month's formatted calendar on our
terminal screen. If we require a more advanced version of cal, we can install
the ncal package on our Linux machine, which displays the calendar vertically and
provides additional options.

Syntax

# Cal
3. cd Command

The 'cd' command is also called chdir (Change Directory). We used this command
to change or switch the current working directory.

4. cp Command

In Kali Linux, the 'cp' command is used to copy files or a group of files or
directories that create an exact image of a file on a disk with a different file name.

5. whoami Command

The 'whoami' command is used to print the effective user ID whereas


the who command prints information regarding users who are presently logged in.

The "w" command can also be used to view who is logged on and what they are
doing.
6. Ls Command

One of the most useful commands in Kali Linux is the 'ls' command.
The ls command lists the directory contents of files and directories. With the help
of the ls command, we can easily list out every hidden file of a directory with the -
a attribute, and for more detailed output, we can use the -l attribute.

Syntax

# ls -al

7. Cat Command

The 'cat' (concatenate) command is one of Kali Linux's most commonly used
commands, permitting us to create single or many files, concatenate files and
redirect, view contain of file output in terminal or files.Usually, we use the cat
command to display the content of a file.
Syntax

# cat filename

8. mkdir Command

The 'mkdir' command is used to create directories. For example, if we wish to


create a directory named 'Penetration testing' under the 'Documents' directory,
then we have to open a terminal and enter the below command:

cd Documents

mkdir Penetration testing

9. rm Command

In Kali Linux, the 'rm' command is used to delete files. It can be used to delete
directories when we use them recursively.

The removal process separates a file name form its associated data in a file system
and identifies that space in the storage device as available for future writes. In
other words, when we erase a file. the data inside it remains unchanged, but it is no
longer linked to a filename.
10. mv Command

With the help of the 'mv' command, we can move or renames files and directories
on our file system.

11. uname Command

The 'uname' command displays the current system's information. We can view
system information about our Linux environment with the uname command in
Linux. With the uname -a command, we can learn more about our system,
including Kernel Name, Node Name, Kernel Release, Kernel Version,
Hardware Platform, Processor, and Operating System.
Syntax

# uname

12. uptime Command

The 'uptime' command displays the amount of time the system has been running.
Uptime's basic usage is simple: simply type the name of the command and
click Enter.

Use the -p command-line option if we merely want to know how long the system
has been up for and in a more human-readable format.

Syntax

# uptime

Result:

Thus successfully practiced basic commands in kali linux.

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