Linux Bash Commands 1 Flashcards
adduser
Add a user to the system
addgroup
add a group to the system
alias
create and alias
apropos
search help manual pages (man -k)
apt-get
search for and install software packages
aptitude
search for and install software packages
aspell
spell checker
awk
find and replace text, database sort/validate/index
basename
strip directory and suffix from filenames
bash
GNU Bourne-Again SHell
bc
arbitrary precision calculator language
bg
send to background
break
exit from loop
builtin
run a shell builtin
bzip2
compress or decompress named file(s)
cal
display and calendar
case
conditionally perform a command
cat
display contents of a file
cd
change directory
cfdisk
partition table manipulator for Linux
chgrp
change group ownership
chmod
change access permissions
chown
change file owner and group
chroot
run a command with a different root directory
chkconfig
system services (runlevel)
cksum
print CRC checksum and byte counts
clear
clear terminal screen
cmp
compare two files
comm
compare two sorted files line by line
command
run a command - ignore shell functions
continue
resume the next iteration of a loop
cp
copy one or more files to another location
cron
daemon to execute scheduled commands
crontab
schedule a command to run at a later time
csplit
split a file into context-determined pieces
cut
divide a file into several parts
date
display or change the date and time
dc
disk calculator
dd
convert and copy a file, write disk headers, boot records
ddrescue
data recovery tool
declare
declare variables and give them attributes
df
display free disk space
diff
display differences between two files
diff3
show differences among three files
dig
DNS lookup
dir
briefly list directory contents
dircolors
colour setup for “ls”
dirname
convert a full pathname to just a path