This document provides an A-Z index of common Linux bash commands and their basic functions. Some key commands listed include:
- apt-get and aptitude to search for and install software packages on Debian/Ubuntu systems.
- awk to find and replace text or validate and index databases.
- cat to concatenate and display file contents.
- cd to change directories.
- cp to copy files.
- grep to search files for lines matching patterns.
- ls to list directory contents.
This document provides an A-Z index of common Linux bash commands and their basic functions. Some key commands listed include:
- apt-get and aptitude to search for and install software packages on Debian/Ubuntu systems.
- awk to find and replace text or validate and index databases.
- cat to concatenate and display file contents.
- cd to change directories.
- cp to copy files.
- grep to search files for lines matching patterns.
- ls to list directory contents.
This document provides an A-Z index of common Linux bash commands and their basic functions. Some key commands listed include:
- apt-get and aptitude to search for and install software packages on Debian/Ubuntu systems.
- awk to find and replace text or validate and index databases.
- cat to concatenate and display file contents.
- cd to change directories.
- cp to copy files.
- grep to search files for lines matching patterns.
- ls to list directory contents.
apropos Search Help manual pages (man -k) apt-get Search for and install software packages (Debian/Ubuntu) aptitude Search for and install software packages (Debian/Ubuntu) aspell Spell Checker awk Find and Replace text, database sort/validate/index b basename Strip directory and suffix from filenames bash GNU Bourne-Again SHell bc Arbitrary precision calculator language bg Send to background break Exit from a loop builtin Run a shell builtin bzip2 Compress or decompress named file(s) c cal Display a calendar case Conditionally perform a command cat Concatenate and print (display) the content of files 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 - ignoring 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 d date Display or change the date & time dc Desk 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 the 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 dirs Display list of remembered directories dmesg Print kernel & driver messages du Estimate file space usage e echo Display message on screen egrep Search file(s) for lines that match an extended expression eject Eject removable media enable Enable and disable builtin shell commands env Environment variables ethtool Ethernet card settings eval Evaluate several commands/arguments exec Execute a command exit Exit the shell expect Automate arbitrary applications accessed over a terminal expand Convert tabs to spaces export Set an environment variable expr Evaluate expressions f false Do nothing, unsuccessfully fdformat Low-level format a floppy disk fdisk Partition table manipulator for Linux fg Send job to foreground fgrep Search file(s) for lines that match a fixed string file Determine file type find Search for files that meet a desired criteria fmt Reformat paragraph text fold Wrap text to fit a specified width. for Expand words, and execute commands format Format disks or tapes free Display memory usage fsck File system consistency check and repair ftp File Transfer Protocol function Define Function Macros fuser Identify/kill the process that is accessing a file g gawk Find and Replace text within file(s) getopts Parse positional parameters grep Search file(s) for lines that match a given pattern groupadd Add a user security group groupdel Delete a group groupmod Modify a group groups Print group names a user is in gzip Compress or decompress named file(s) h hash Remember the full pathname of a name argument head Output the first part of file(s) help Display help for a built-in command history Command History hostname Print or set system name