{"id":13204,"date":"2024-03-15T02:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T02:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/explanation-of-60-commonly-used-commands-in-linux\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:30:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:30:29","slug":"explanation-of-60-commonly-used-commands-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/explanation-of-60-commonly-used-commands-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"60 Essential Linux Commands"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. List the files and folders in the current directory.<\/li>\n
  2. Change the present directory.<\/li>\n
  3. pwd: Display the path of the current working directory.<\/li>\n
  4. Create a new directory using the mkdir command.<\/li>\n
  5. rmdir: Remove an empty directory.<\/li>\n
  6. touch: create a new empty file or update the timestamp of an existing file.<\/li>\n
  7. Copy files and directories.<\/li>\n
  8. mv command: move or rename files and directories.<\/li>\n
  9. rm: remove files and directories.<\/li>\n
  10. cat: concatenate files and print on standard output.<\/li>\n
  11. show the content of the file by pages.<\/li>\n
  12. Less: Similar to more, but offers additional features.<\/li>\n
  13. head: display the first few lines of a file.<\/li>\n
  14. tail: display the last few lines of a file.<\/li>\n
  15. print a string on the standard output.<\/li>\n
  16. grep: Search for matching patterns in a file.<\/li>\n
  17. Search for files and directories.<\/li>\n
  18. Word count: counting the number of lines, words, and characters in a file.<\/li>\n
  19. sort: Sort the lines of the file.<\/li>\n
  20. Uniq: remove duplicate lines from a file.<\/li>\n
  21. tar: create, view, or extract tar archive files.<\/li>\n
  22. gzip: compress file.<\/li>\n
  23. gunzip: decompressing files.<\/li>\n
  24. zip: Create, view, or extract zip archive files.<\/li>\n
  25. unzip: decompressing zip files.<\/li>\n
  26. secure remote login to another computer using SSH.<\/li>\n
  27. scp: Securely copy files and directories to another computer.<\/li>\n
  28. wget: download files or web pages.<\/li>\n
  29. curl: Sending HTTP requests and retrieving responses through URLs.<\/li>\n
  30. ping: testing the network connection with another computer.<\/li>\n
  31. ifconfig is used to display and configure network interfaces.<\/li>\n
  32. Netstat: Displays information about network connections, routing tables, and network interfaces.<\/li>\n
  33. display and configure IP routing table.<\/li>\n
  34. iptables: Setting up firewall rules on Linux.<\/li>\n
  35. Display the status of processes.<\/li>\n
  36. top: Display real-time system resource usage.<\/li>\n
  37. terminate a process.<\/li>\n
  38. Command uname displays system information.<\/li>\n
  39. df: Display the usage of disk space.<\/li>\n
  40. Display the disk usage of directories or files.<\/li>\n
  41. mount: Attach a file system.<\/li>\n
  42. Unmount: Remove file system.<\/li>\n
  43. chmod: Change the permissions of a file or directory.<\/li>\n
  44. chown: Change the owner of a file or directory.<\/li>\n
  45. change the group ownership of a file or directory.<\/li>\n
  46. Switch user identity.<\/li>\n
  47. sudo: execute command as a superuser.<\/li>\n
  48. Change user’s password.<\/li>\n
  49. View command history.<\/li>\n
  50. alias: Create a command alias.<\/li>\n
  51. Show or set the system date and time.<\/li>\n
  52. Show the currently logged-in user.<\/li>\n
  53. uptime: displays the system’s running time and load. <\/li>\n
  54. power off the computer.<\/li>\n
  55. restart the computer.<\/li>\n
  56. ifup: Start the network interface.<\/li>\n
  57. ifdown: disable the network interface.<\/li>\n
  58. service: Start, stop or restart system services.<\/li>\n
  59. Crontab: create, edit, or view scheduled tasks.<\/li>\n
  60. Display command history.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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