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Linux Terminal Commands
found in the /usr/bin directory

Command

Description

at

Queue jobs for later execution

bc

A bench calculator

cc

C-compiler. Symbolic link to GNU C Compiler

clear

Clears the screen

crontab

Maintains a list of tasks to be performed later

du

Reports disk usage for a directory

emacs

An editor

F77

Fortran compiler

file

Prints file type

find

File searching utility

finger

Looks up user information

ftp

File Transfer program

gcc

GNU C-compiler

gdb

GNU debugger

gftp

Graphical FTP Client

gimp

GNU Image manipulation and painting program

gmake

Maintains a group of programs

head

Displays the first few lines of a file

ispell

Interactive spell checker

lpr

Spools print jobs

man

Displays manual pages for commands

nslookup

Looks up DNS information of a host

passwd

Changes the password of a user

telnet

Telnet client allows remote logins

wall

Sends a message to all the terminals of all users

wc

Counts words, lines and chars of input text

which

Displays the full path of commands

who

Displays the list of users currently logged on