Essential Linux Terminal Commands

1. List the files and folders in the current directory.
2. Change directory
3. pwd – displays the path of the current working directory
4. Create a new directory with the command “mkdir”
5. Create a new file by touching it.
6. remove – delete file or directory
7. copy – duplicate a file or directory
8. move – to transfer a file or directory
9. “cat – display file content”
10. Search for a specific string in a file using grep.
11. search for files in the file system
12. tar – package or unpack files
13. Change the permissions of a file or directory
14. change the owner of a file or directory
15. Display current system processes
16. displaying real-time system resource utilization top
17. terminate a specified process
18. man – View the help document for the command
19. SSH – remote server login
20. ping – testing network connection

These are some commonly used Linux terminal commands, but not all of them. Linux terminal has many powerful commands that users can learn and use based on their needs.