What are some commonly used Linux system commands?

There are many commonly used Linux system commands, here are some of them:

  1. Change directory.
  2. List the contents of the directory.
  3. pwd: displays the path of the current working directory.
  4. mkdir: create directory
  5. rmdir: remove directory
  6. Create an empty file using touch command.
  7. rm: remove files or directories
  8. cp: copy files or directories
  9. mv: moving files or directories
  10. cat: View the contents of a file or concatenate the contents of a file to another file.
  11. View file content page by page.
  12. grep: Search for matching strings in a file.
  13. search for files in the file system
  14. Top: Displaying the processes and resource usage in the system.
  15. Display the processes of the current user.
  16. terminate a process
  17. Change the permissions of a file or directory using chmod.
  18. chown: change the owner of a file or directory
  19. change the group ownership of a file or directory
  20. tar: compressing and decompressing files
  21. compress files using gzip
  22. unzip: decompressing files
  23. SSH: Log in to a remote host using a secure encrypted connection.
  24. SCP: Copying files between a local host and a remote host.
  25. wget: download files from the internet
  26. ifconfig: View and configure network interface information.
  27. ping: testing the network connection with another host
  28. Netstat displays information about network connections, routing tables, and network interfaces.
  29. iptables: Setting up firewall rules
  30. systemctl: managing system services

This is just a small portion of common Linux commands; there are many other commands used for various purposes.

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