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LINUX
100+ COMMANDS
Get Ready with your Linux
Setup for Practise
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How to check your current

location?

#pwd

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How to display name of current

logged-in user?

#whoami
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How to check system date or

time?

#date
#date %D
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How to display files and directory

present in current location?

#ls
#ls -lt
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How to clear the linux terminal?

#clear

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Creating
Deleting
Editing.
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How to display content of a file

on terminal?

#cat <file>

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How to read a file and Search for a

word?

#less <file>

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How to view content of a file page

by page?

#more <file>

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How to create a file in Linux?

#touch <file_name>

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How to delete a file in Linux?

#rm <file_name>

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How to edit a file in Linux?

#vi <file_name>
#nano <file_name>
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How to create a
directory/folder in Linux?

#mkdir <dir_name>

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How to delete a
directory/folder in Linux?

#rmdir <dir_name>

14,15 #rm -rf <dir_name>

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How to change path or move

to another folder in Linux?

#cd /path/folder

16 #cd ..
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How to copy and paste a file from

one folder to another in Linux?

#cp <file> /dest/path

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How to copy content of a file to

another file in Linux?

#cp fileA fileB

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How to cut - paste a file from one

folder to another in Linux?

#mv <file> /dest/path

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How to rename a file in Linux?

#mv fileA fileNewName

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How to read or diplay top 5 lines

from a file in Linux?

#head -5 file

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How to read or diplay bottom 5

lines from a file in Linux?

#tail -5 file

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How to SORT the content from a

file in Linux?

#sort file
#sort -r file
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How to display UNIQUE content

from a file in Linux?

#sort file | uniq

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A file has 9 lines.

How to split this file in 3 different
files in Linux?

#split -l 3 file
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How to search a word and display

matching content from a file in
Linux?

#grep "word" file

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How to search multiple words and

display matching content from a
file in Linux?

#egrep "word1|word2" file

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How to use WILDCARDS in Linux?

* [] {}

#ls file*
#touch file{1..5}
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How to SHUFFLE content of file in

Linux?

#shuf file

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How to COUNT no. of lines in a

file in Linux?

#wc -l file
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How to check if two files are

identical or not in Linux?

#cmp fileA fileB

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How to compare and display

difference between two files in
Linux?

#diff -u fileA fileB

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How to find a file in Linux?

#find /path/ -name <file>

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How to find a file in Linux?

#updatedb
#locate <file>
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Utility Commands
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How to display previously used

commands in past?

#history

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How to check syntax and options

available for a command?

#help

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How to read or get mor info about

a command?

#man

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How to check which executable is

using for a command?

#which

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How to use calculator in Linux?

#bc

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How to check CALENDAR of last

year in Linux?

#cal

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How to check How Long server

has been running in Linux?

#uptime

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How to record your activity on

termial in a file?

#script

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How to create a short-cut of a

long command in Linux?

#alias l="ls -ltr"

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Zip and Unzip
of Files and
Folders
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How to compress a file in Linux?

#gzip -k file

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How to decompress a file in

Linux?

#gzip -d file
#gunzip file
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How to compress a folder in

Linux?

#tar -czf [Link] myfiles/

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How to decompress a folder in

Linux?

#tar -xzf [Link]

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How to compress multiple files in

one zipped file in Linux?

#zip [Link] file1 file2

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How to list files in zipped file?

#unzip -l [Link]

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Downloading
Files from
Internet
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How to download a file from

internet?
#wget URL_of_file
#wget -O opt_file.txt URL_Of_file

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How to call an API on Linux?

#curl [Link]

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How to install an application on

Linux?

#apt or yum/dnf

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How to check if an application is

installed or not on Linux?

#rpm -qa | grep app

#dnf list installed
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How to list available packages to

install on Linux?

#apt search <package_name>

#yum/dnf list available
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How to start/stop a service on

Linux?

#systemctl start/stop service_name

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How to list all services on Linux?

#systemctl list-units --type=service --all

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How to list all existing

Environment Variables on Linux?

#printenv

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How to ADD a new Environment

Variables on Linux?

#export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java_v"
#export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

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How to ADD a new Environment

Variables permanently on Linux?

Add env variable in ./bashrc file

#source ~/.bash_profile

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How to print a specific column

from a CSV file?

#awk -F ,'{print $2}' [Link]

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How to display starting two

characters of all line?

#cut -c1-2 [Link]

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How to display a specific line

from a file?

#sed -n '5p' [Link]

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How to replace a specific word

within a file?

#sed -n 's/from/to/g' [Link]

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How to convert the content to

Uppercase or Lowercase within a
file?
#tr [:lower:] [:upper:] <[Link]
#tr [:punct:] Z <[Link]

62 #tr [:digit:] Z <[Link]

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How to extend or shrink size of a

file?

#truncate -s 100M [Link]

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How to display following line in

vertical line? ABCDE

#echo "ABCDE" | fold -w1

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How to change user or login as

different user in linux?

#su <user_name>

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How to exit as current user or

close terminal in linux?

#exit

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If you are not root user, how to

execute admin commands like
installing new apps?

#sudo yum install httpd

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Access
Remote
Servers
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How to access remote Linux

server?

#ssh user@hostname

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How to copy a file to a remote

Linux server?

#scp file user@hostname:/tmp/

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Working with Permissions
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How to check permissions of a

file?
#ls -ltr
rwx rw- r--

user group other

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How to modify permissions of a

file?
#chmod a+rwx [Link]

u - user, g - group, o - other

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a - all
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How to change ownership of a

file?

#chown root [Link]

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How to change group ownership

of a file?

#chgrp paul [Link]

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Memory Info
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How to check free RAM space?

#free

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How to check % Memory and CPU

Utilization?

#top

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How to check disk Utilization?

#du

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How to check filesystem available

and disk space allocated?

#df
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System INFO
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How to check hostname of your

linux server?

#hostname
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How to check cpu/core/thread

info of your linux server?

#lscpu
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How to check type of architecture

of your linux server?

#arch
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How to see list of storage devices,

disk partition on your linux
server?

#lsblk
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How to see OS name of linux

server?

#uname -a

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Process Management
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How to check if a process(java) is

running or not?

#ps -ef | grep java

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How to get PID of a process?

#pgrep chron

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How to stop a process by PID?

#kill -9 PID

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How to stop a process by its

name?

#pkill httpd

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How to see all the active jobs?

#jobs

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How to resume a job in

background?

#bg

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How to resume a job in

foreground?

#fg

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How to run a script in

background?

#nohup ./script >/dev/null &

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Networking Info
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How to check IP of your machine?

#ifconfig

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How to check if a server or

website is accesible or not?

#ping [Link]

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How to check if a IP:PORT is

accessible and open or not?

#telnet IP Port

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How to check if port is open or

not on our server?

#netstat -putan | grep 80

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How to check all hubs in network

path to reach a website?

#traceroute

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How to restart our linux server?

#reboot

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How to shutdown our linux

server?

#shutdown

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User Creation
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How to create a new user on our

linux server?

#useradd

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How to change password for the

user?

#passwd

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How to create a new group on our

linux server?

#groupadd

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How to check UserID or GroupID

of a user?

#id user

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How to delete a user or group?

#userdel <user>
#groupdel <group>

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How to schedule a script to run on

a particular date/time?

#at
#crontab
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useradd
groupadd
USER usermod
MANAGEMENT userdel
groupdel
passwd
id
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ifconfig
ping
NETWORKING netstat
traceroute
telnet
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sleep
ps
pgrep
PROCESS kill
MANAGEMENT pkill
jobs
bg
fg
nohup
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hostname

SYSTEM INFO lscpu

arch
lsblk
uname -a
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top
MEMORY INFO free
du
df
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su
CHANGE USER sudo
& exit
REMOTE SERVER
ssh
ACCESS
scp
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chmod
FILE chown
PERMISSIONS
chgrp
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awk
cut
TEXT sed
PROCESSING tr
truncate
fold
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printenv
ENV VARIABLES export
source
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INSTALL & apt or yum/dnf

MANAGE dpkg or rpm
APPLICATIONS systemctl
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DOWNLOAD wget
FILES curl
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tar
COMPRESS gzip
DECOMPRESS gunzip
zip
unzip
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history
cal
help
OTHER USEFUL script
COMMANDS man
uptime
which
alias
bc
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shuf
wc
FILES & diff
DIRECTORIES cmp
MANAGEMENT
find
locate
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cd head
cp tail
FILES & mv sort
DIRECTORIES
grep uniq
MANAGEMENT
egrep split
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cat vi
less nano
FILES &
DIRECTORIES more mkdir
MANAGEMENT touch rmdir
rm
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pwd
whoami
FIRST TIME
date
ON TERMINAL
ls
clear
Some Useful Utility
Commands
Installing Applications
Environment Variables
String/Text Operations
Working with Permissions
Scripting and
Automating
task
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at
SCRIPTING &
crontab
AUTOMATION
bash or sh
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SYSTEM reboot
CONTROL shutdown
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FIREWALL firewall-cmd --list-all

SETTINGS firewall-cmd --add-port=20201/tcp