Linux Commands and Utilities

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modprobe
Modprobe,
Modprobe r
2  cards
lsmod
Lsmod
1  cards
lspci
Lspci,
Lspci m,
Lspci v
6  cards
lsusb
Lsusb,
Lsusb v,
Lsusb t
4  cards
dmesg
Dmesg,
Dmesg l,
Dmesg t
4  cards
journalctl
Journalctl,
Journalctl b id offset,
Journalctl since
7  cards
shutdown
Shutdown,
Shutdown h p r h k no wall c
2  cards
telinit
Telinit,
Telinit01 s s2 3 4 56q qu u no wall
2  cards
systemctl
Systemctl,
Systemctlhelp page 3,
System
7  cards
wall
Wall,
Wall n t g v
2  cards
grub-install
Grub install
1  cards
grub-mkconfig
Grub mkconfig
1  cards
update-grub
Update grub
1  cards
ldd
Ldd,
Ldd d r u v
2  cards
ldconfig
Ldconfig,
Ldconfig c c f i,
Ldconfig l n n p
4  cards
dpkg
Dpkg,
Dpkg i,
Dpkg l
15  cards
dpkg-reconfigure & debconf
Dpkg reconfigure,
Dpkg reconfigure f p default prio...,
Dpkg reconfigure u force no reload
5  cards
apt-get
Apt get,
Apt get upgradeapt get updateapt ...,
Apt get install
9  cards
apt-cache
Apt cache,
Apt cache searchapt cache show,
Apt cache showpkg
4  cards
rpm
Rpm,
Rpm checksig,
Rpm i v h
18  cards
rpm2cpio
Rpm2cpio,
2  cards
yum
Yum,
Yum install,
Yum remove
16  cards
zypper
Zypper,
Zypper install,
Zypper updatezypper list updates
5  cards
bash
Bash,
2  cards
echo
Echo,
Echo x,
Echo nexample root echo n display...
6  cards
env
Env,
Env,
Env i
7  cards
export
Export,
Export f n p
2  cards
pwd
Pwd,
Pwd,
Pwd l
3  cards
set
Set,
Set a b e f h,
Set k m n o
9  cards
unset
Unset,
Unset f v n,
3  cards
type
Type,
Type,
Type p p
4  cards
which
Which,
Which a,
3  cards
man
Man,
Man,
Man f k k
7  cards
uname
Uname,
Uname a s n r v,
Uname m p i o
4  cards
history
History,
Export histtimeformat f t,
Export histignore ls l pwd date
8  cards
bzcat
Bzcat,
Bzcat d c s,
3  cards
cat
Cat,
Cat a b e e n,
Cat s t t u v
3  cards
cut
Cut,
Cut b c d f s,
Cut complement output delimiter s...
4  cards
head
Cut,
Head c n q v z
2  cards
less
Less,
Less,
Less searching pattern patternnn
14  cards
md5sum
Md5sum,
Md5sum b c tag t z,
Md5sum useful when verifying chec...
3  cards
nl
Nl,
Nl b d f h i l,
Nl n p s v w
4  cards
od
Od,
Od,
Od options t v w bytes traditional
5  cards
paste
Paste,
Paste d s z,
3  cards
sed
Sed,
Sed e f e r s,
Sed s string1 string2 file1txt
7  cards
sha256sum & sha512sum
Sha256sum sha512sum,
Sha256sum sha512sum b c tag t z,
Sha256sum sha512sum verifying che...
4  cards
sort
Sort,
Sort b d f g i m
2  cards
split
Split,
Split,
Split l
8  cards
tail
Tail,
Tail c f f n
2  cards
tr
Tr,
Tr options,
Tr set options
4  cards
uniq
Uniq,
Uniq options c d d i,
Uniq options f s
3  cards
wc
Wc,
Wc
2  cards
xzcat
Xzcat
1  cards
zcat
Zcat,
Zcat l q r
2  cards
cp
Cp,
Cp a attributes only backup contr...,
Cp i n
4  cards
find
Find,
Find options,
Find name text
28  cards
mkdir
Mkdir,
Mkdir m p v
2  cards
mv
Mv,
Mv n i b s
2  cards
ls
Ls,
Ls a,
Ls s t i d n
3  cards
rm
Rm,
Rm
2  cards
rmdir
Rm,
Rmdir p v
2  cards
touch
Touch,
Touch a c d h m r,
Touch t stamp time word
3  cards
tar
Tar,
Tar,
Tar cvzf filetargz home user
15  cards
cpio
Cpio,
Cpio o,
Cpio i archive
7  cards
dd
Dd,
Dd,
Dd if dev sda of tmp mbrbackup bs...
5  cards
file
File,
File b userfile,
File i filename
5  cards
gzip & gunzip
Gzip,
Gzip imptfilestxt,
Gzip f dupfiletxt
11  cards
bzip2 & bunzip2
Bzip2,
Bzip,
Bzip z
5  cards
xz & unxz
Xz,
Xz z compress d decompress t test...,
Unxz
3  cards
tee
Tee,
Tee a,
Tee output error mode
3  cards
xargs
Xargs,
Xargs a file1txt,
Xargs p a file1txt
5  cards
bg & fg
Bg,
Fg
2  cards
jobs
Jobs,
Jobs l n p r s,
Jobs x command args
4  cards
kill & pkill & killall
Kill,
Kill s signal,
Kill l l
13  cards
nohup
Nohup
1  cards
ps
Ps,
Ps simple process selection a a e...,
Ps simple process selection n des...
14  cards
top
Top,
Top b c d e h i,
Top n o o p s s
4  cards
free
Free,
Free b k m g h,
Free o c s t
4  cards
uptime
Uptime,
Uptime p s
2  cards
grep & egrep & fgrep & pgrep
0  cards
watch
Watch,
Watch d n p t b,
Watch e g c x
3  cards
screen
0  cards
tmux
0  cards
nice & renice
Nice,
Nice n,
Renice
4  cards
vi & Editors
Vi,
Vi,
Vi z m m b c n
13  cards
fdisk & gdisk
Fdisk,
Fdisk b b c l l o,
Fdisk t u s w w
7  cards
parted
Parted,
Parted,
Parted commands device
7  cards
mkfs
Mkfs,
Mkfs t type fs options v verbose,
File systemsextext2ext3ext4hpfsis...
4  cards
mkswap
Mkswap,
Mkswap c f l,
Mkswap p u
3  cards
du
Du,
Du 0 a b b c d,
Du h l l m p s
5  cards
df
Df,
Df,
Df t t x no sync sync
4  cards
fsck
Fsck,
Fsck a c l m n p,
Fsck r r s t t v
3  cards
e2fsck
E2fsck,
E2fsck,
E2fsck d e f f j k
5  cards
mke2fs
Mke2fs,
Mke2fs b c d d e e,
Mke2fs f g g i i j
5  cards
tune2fs
Tunee2fs,
Tune2fs c max mount counts c moun...,
Tune2fs m last mounted directory ...
3  cards
xfs_repair & xfs_fsr & xfs_db
0  cards
mount & umount
Mount,
Mount options a all mount all fil...,
Mount source target
8  cards
blkid & lsblk
Blkid,
Blkid i dev sda1,
Blkid p dev sda
7  cards
chmod
Chmod,
Chmod c f v r no preserve preserv...,
Chmod modes ugoa rwxxst user u gr...
3  cards
umask
Umask,
Umask p s,
Umask permissions 777 no permissi...
3  cards
chown
Chown,
Chown c f v r h l p,
Chown dereference h no dereferenc...
3  cards
chgrp
Chgrp,
Chgrp c changes f silent quiet v ...
2  cards
ln
Ln,
Ln backup control b,
Ln d f directory f force i intera...
4  cards
locate
Locate,
Locate,
Locate html n 20
11  cards
updatedb
Updatedb
1  cards
whereis & which & type
Whereis,
Whereis b search only for binarie...,
Which
6  cards
source
Source
1  cards
function
Function
1  cards
alias
Alias,
Alias p,
Alias a cmdalias a cmd1 cmd2
3  cards
read
Read,
Read a array assign the words rea...
2  cards
seq
Seq,
Seq f s w
2  cards
exec
Exec,
Exec a name c l
2  cards
xhost
Xhost,
Xhost options name name nothing
2  cards
xauth
Xauth,
Xauth f authfilename v q i b n,
Xauth command arg add dpyname pro...
4  cards
chage
Chage,
Chage d e i l,
Chage m m r w
3  cards
getent
Getent,
Getent i s
2  cards
groupadd
Groupadd,
Groupadd f g k o p r r
2  cards
groupdel
Groupdel,
Groupdel r f
2  cards
groupmod
Groupmod,
Groupmod g gid gid n new name
2  cards
passwd
Passwd,
Passwd a d e k i l q,
Passwd q r r s u w x
3  cards
useradd
Useradd,
Useradd b c d d e f,
Useradd g gid group set primary g...
4  cards
userdel
Userdel,
Userdel f r r z
2  cards
usermod
Usermod,
Usermod,
Usermod a append append the user ...
4  cards
crontab
Crontab,
Crontab
2  cards
at
At,
At q m f l d v c t
2  cards
atq
Atq
1  cards
atrm
Atrm
1  cards
systemd-run
Systemd run,
System d h m p r d e,
Systemd run no ask password user ...
5  cards
tzselect
Tzselect,
Tzselect c coordcoord should be g...
2  cards
timedatectl
Timedatectl,
Timedatectl no pager no ask passw...,
Timedatectl commands statusshowse...
3  cards
date
Date,
Date d f i,
A literal a locales abbreviated w...
3  cards
iconv
Iconv,
Iconv input output format specifi...
2  cards
hwclock
Hwclock,
Hwclock function r show get set s...,
Hwclock options u utc l localtime...
3  cards
ntpdate
Ntpdate
1  cards
chronyc
Chronyc
1  cards
logger
Logger,
Logger i f e p s s,
Logger t tcp use tcp only d udp u...
3  cards
logrotate
Logrotate,
Logrotate d debug f force m mail ...,
Logrotate directives compresscomp...
7  cards
systemd-cat
Systemd cat,
Systemd cat t identifier string p...,
Syslog priority 01234567
3  cards
newaliases
Newaliases
1  cards
mail
Mail,
Mail a specify additional header ...
2  cards
mailq
Mailq
1  cards
lpr & lprm & lpq
Lpr,
Lpr options e force encryption h ...,
Lpr o options collate truefit to ...
8  cards
nmcli
Nmcli,
Nmcli options,
Nmcli object
3  cards
hostnamectl
Hostnamectl,
Hsotnamectl no ask password h hos...
2  cards
ifup & ifdown
Ifup,
Ifup,
Ifdown
4  cards
ip
Ip,
Ip options h b,
Ip options o oneline output each ...
4  cards
hostname
Hostname,
Hostname a alias alias names a al...
2  cards
ss
Ss,
Ss options n numeric dont resolve...,
Ss options z context display proc...
4  cards
ping & ping6
Ping,
Ping 4 6 a a b b,
Ping r bypass the normal routing ...
4  cards
traceroute & traceroute6
Traceroute,
Tracerout 4 10,
Tracerout f wwwasfdcom
10  cards
tracepath & tracepath6
Tracepath,
Tracepath 4 6 n b l m p
2  cards
netcat
Netcat,
N,
Nc s addr t tos t u
3  cards
ifconfig
Ifconfig,
Ifconfig a display all interfaces...,
Ifconfig interface aftype dstaddr...
3  cards
netstat
Netstat,
Netstat,
Netstat options a protcol family ...
4  cards
route
Route,
Route a family f operate using fi...
2  cards
host
Host,
Host a c d i l r t v v w
2  cards
dig
Dig,
Dig options 4 use ipv4 query tran...
2  cards
fuser
0  cards
lsof
0  cards
nmap
0  cards
sudo
0  cards
su
0  cards
ulimit
0  cards
who & w & last
0  cards
ssh
0  cards
ssh-keygen
0  cards
ssh-agent
0  cards
ssh-add
0  cards
gpg
0  cards
gpg-agent
0  cards
reboot & halt
0  cards
pmap & cmp
0  cards
wget
0  cards
clear
0  cards
scp
0  cards
sleep
0  cards
logout & exit
0  cards
shred
0  cards
finger
0  cards
curl
0  cards
awk
0  cards
service
0  cards

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