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Linux Commands Flashcards

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aspell

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Checks a file for spelling errors

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bzip2

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Compresses or decompresses files—page 615

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cat

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Joins and displays files

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cmp

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Compares two files

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comm

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Compares sorted files

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cp

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cp Copies files

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cpio

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Creates an archive, restores files from an archive, or copies a directory
hierarchy

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cut

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Selects characters or fields from input lines

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dd

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Converts and copies a file

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diff

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Displays the differences between two text files

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ditto

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Copies files and creates and unpacks archives

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find

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Finds files based on criteria

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fmt

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Formats text very simply

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grep

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Searches for a pattern in files

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gzip

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Compresses or decompresses files

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head

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Displays the beginning of a file

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less

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Displays text files, one screen at a time

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ln

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Makes a link to a file

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lpr

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Sends files to printers

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ls

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Displays information about one or more files

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man

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Displays documentation for commands

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mkdir

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Creates a directory

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mv

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Renames or moves a file

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od

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Dumps the contents of a file

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open

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Opens files, directories, and URLs

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otool

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Displays object, library, and executable files

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paste

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Joins corresponding lines from files

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pax

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Creates an archive, restores files from an archive, or copies a directory
hierarchy

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plutil

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Manipulates property list files

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pr

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Paginates files for printing

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rm

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Removes a file (deletes a link)

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rmdir

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Removes directories

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sed

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Edits a file noninteractively

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sort

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Sorts and/or merges files

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split

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Divides a file into sections

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strings

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Displays strings of printable characters

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tail

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Displays the last part (tail) of a file

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tar

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Stores or retrieves files to/from an archive file

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touch

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Creates a file or changes a file’s access and/or modification time

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uniq

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Displays unique lines

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wc

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Displays the number of lines, words, and bytes

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ftp

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Transfers files over a network

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rcp

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Copies one or more files to or from a remote system

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rlogin

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Logs in on a remote system

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rsh

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rsh Executes commands on a remote system

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rsync

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Copies files and directory hierarchies securely over a network

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scp

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Securely copies one or more files to or from a remote system

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ssh

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Securely executes commands on a remote system

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telnet

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Connects to a remote system over a network

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cd

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Changes to another working directory

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chgrp

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Changes the group associated with a file

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chmod

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Changes the access mode (permissions) of a file

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chown

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Changes the owner of a file and/or the group the file is associated
with

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date

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Displays or sets the system time and date

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df

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Displays disk space usage

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dscl

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Displays and manages Directory Service information

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dmesg

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Displays kernel messages

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du

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Displays information on disk usage by directory hierarchy and/or
file

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file

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file Displays the classification of a file

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finger

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Displays information about users

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GetFileInfo

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Displays file attributes

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kill

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Terminates a process by PID

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killall

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Terminates a process by name

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nice

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Changes the priority of a command

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nohup

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Runs a command that keeps running after you log out

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ps

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Displays process status

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renice

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Changes the priority of a process

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SetFile

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Sets file attributes

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sleep

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Creates a process that sleeps for a specified interval

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stat

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Displays information about files

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stty

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Displays or sets terminal parameters

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sysctl

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Displays and alters kernel variables

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top

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Dynamically displays process status

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umask

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Establishes the file-creation permissions mask

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w

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Displays information about system users

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which

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Shows where in PATH a command is located

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who

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Displays information about logged-in users

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awk

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Searches for and processes patterns in a file

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configure

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Configures source code automatically

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gawk

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Searches for and processes patterns in a file

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gcc

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Compiles C and C++ programs

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make

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Keeps a set of programs current

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mawk

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Searches for and processes patterns in a file

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at

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Executes commands at a specified time

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cal

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Displays a calendar

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crontab

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Maintains crontab files

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diskutil

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Checks, modifies, and repairs local volumes

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echo

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Displays a message

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expr

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Evaluates an expression

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fsck

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Checks and repairs a filesystem

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launchctl

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Controls the launchd daemon

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mkfs

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Creates a filesystem on a device

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Mtools

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Uses DOS-style commands on files and directories

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tee

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Copies standard input to standard output and one or more files

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test

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Evaluates an expression

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tr

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Replaces specified characters

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tty

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Displays the terminal pathname

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tune2fs

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Changes parameters on an ext2, ext3, or ext4 filesystem

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xargs

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Converts standard input to command lines

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Common Options

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Several GNU utilities share the options listed in Table V-2. The utilities that use
these options are marked as such.
Table V-2
Common command-line options
Option Effect
– A single hyphen appearing in place of a filename instructs the utility to accept
standard input in place of the file.
–– A double hyphen marks the end of the options on a command line. You can fol-
low this option with an argument that begins with a hyphen. Without this
option the utility assumes that an argument that begins with a hyphen is an
option.
––help Displays a help message for the utility. Some of these messages are quite long;
using a pipe, you can send the output through less to display it one screen at
a time. For example, you could give the command ls ––help | less. Alterna-
tively, you can send the output through a pipe to grep if you are looking for
specific information. For example, you could give the following command to
get information on the –d option to ls : ls ––help | grep –– –d. See the pre-
ceding entry in this table for information on the double hyphen.
––version Displays version information for the utility.

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