Command |
Description |
awk |
Pattern scanning and processing language |
bash |
The Bourne again Shell |
cat |
Concatenates files and prints onto standard output |
chgrp |
Changes the group ownership |
chmod |
Changes file access permissions |
chown |
Changes file ownership permissions |
cp |
Copies files and directories |
cpio |
Copies files to and from archives |
csh |
C-shell |
cut |
Remove sections from each line of input |
date |
Prints the current date and timestamp |
dd |
Converts and copies files |
dmesg |
Display startup messages |
echo |
Displays a line of text |
ed |
An old text editor |
grep |
Regular expression matching program |
gzip |
GNU Zip program for compressing files |
kill |
Terminates running processes |
ln |
Creates links to files and directories |
mail |
Command-line mail client |
mkdir |
Creates a directory |
more |
Paginates a file |
mount |
Maps a file system to a directory |
mv |
Moves a file from one location to another |
netstat |
Prints network statistics |
ping |
Checks for the network reachability of other machines |
ps |
Lists currently running processes |
pwd |
Displays the current working directory |
rm |
Removes files |
rmdir |
Removes directories |
sed |
Stream editor can be used to edit files |
sh |
Bourne Shell |
sleep |
Delays for a specific amount of time |
sort |
Sorts the lines of input |
su |
Change identity of user |
tar |
Archiving program |
tcsh |
Enhanced C Shell |
touch |
Updates the time-stamp on a file or creates one |
umount |
Unmount a currently mounted file system |
uname |
Prints system information |
vi |
A text editor |
