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Tiny Linux Command Reference

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Tiny Linux Command Reference

ls	List files/directories in a directory
cat <filename>	Read a file.
cp	Copy a file
mv	Move a file
rm	Delete a file
chmod	Changes file access permissions
chown	Changes file ownership
grep	Looks for patterns in files
ln	Create’s “links” between files and directories
wc	Word count
find	Find files and directories.
locate	Locate a file name/directory
file <filename>	Guess type of file
touch	Create an empty file
od	View binary files and data
pwd	Print working directory
hostname	Print name of localhost
whoami	Print login name
id	Print user id
date	Print or change date on system
time <command>	Determine the amount of time it takes for a process to complete
who	Check who is logged on the system
last	Show users last logged-in
uptime	Check system uptime as well as load average details
ps	List process run by user
ps auxw	List all the process on the system
top	Keep listing currently running processes
uname -a	Info about your local server
lsmod	Show the kernel modules currently loaded
dmesg	Print kernel messages
tail	Similar to cat, but only reads the end of the file
head	Similar to tail, but only reads the top of the file
more	Llike cat, but opens the file one screen at a time rather than all at once
less	Like more, but less. (LOL BURP)
netstat	Shows all current network connections.
ifconfig	Display info on the network interfaces
ping	Sends test packets to a specified server
nslookup	Lookup a host/domain.
dig	Similar to nslookup.
sudo	You know, sudo.
kill	terminate a system process
killall	Kill program(s) by name
du	Shows disk usage.
free	Memory info
man	Display the contents of the system manual pages
reboot	Reboot the machine.
tar	Creating and Extracting .tar files
gzip	Compress in gzip
zip	Compress in zip
unzip	Uncompress a zip file
compress	Compress files .Z
uncompress	Uncompress .Z files
bzip2	Compress files in bzip2 forma