CommandsΒΆ

  • adduser -> Creates a user
  • passwd -> Sets a user password
  • chown -> Gives ownership to a user and group
  • chmod -> Changes Linux permissions
  • mv -> Moves a file or changes its name
  • tree -> Lists the contents of directories in a tree-like format
  • find -> Searches for text within a file or files by name
  • nano -> Edits a text file through terminal
  • tee -> Reads from standard input and writes to files and standard output
  • sudo -> Switch User Do. Allows a user to execute a command as another user
  • nslookup -> Queries Internet name servers interactively for information in Windows
  • dig -> Lookup through domain names in Linux
  • ping -> Sends an ICMP request to a device
  • wget -> Downloads files served with HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP over a network
  • curl -> Transfers files on HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, DICT, TELNET, LDAP, or FILE
  • apt-get -> Debian and Ubuntu default package manager
  • apt-get update -> Updates the local repositories index
  • apt-get install -> Installs one or more packages desired for installation or upgrading
  • apt-get upgrade -> Installs the newest versions of all packages currently installed
  • yum -> Yellowdog Updater Modified. Interactive rpm-based package manager for CentOS
  • dnf -> Dandified YUM. Improved yum package manager for CentOS
  • pip install -> Installs Python packages
  • gem install -> Installs RubyGems packages
  • dpkg -> Linux packet manager
  • git -> Github manager
  • npm -> NodeJS compiler and manager
  • unzip -> Unzips a .zip file
  • tar -> Linux tar files manager
  • iftop -> Real time network stats
  • top -> Shows system performance, processes and threads stats in real time
  • htop -> Human readable top
  • uptime -> Shows the system uptime and load values
  • sensors -> Displays system sensors measurements
  • superiotool -> Displays information about the Super I/O chip
  • lstopo -> Creates an image of the system hardware topology
  • lspci -> Lists the PCI standard compilant devices and ports
  • ponysay -> Displays a pony
  • lolcat -> Outputs in ARGB
  • figlet -> Draws fancy text in terminal
  • neofecth -> Displays a summary of the system
  • bioflash -> Flashes the BIOS
  • stress -> Stresses the CPU, HDD or RAM
  • pct push -> Pushes a host OS file into a container
  • update-grub -> Updates the GRUB entries
  • update-initramfs -> Updates the initrd file system
  • dmesg -> Examines or controls the kernel ring buffer
  • grep -> Processes text line by line and prints any lines which match a specified pattern
  • modprobe -> Adds and removes modules from the Linux kernel
  • modinfo -> Shows information about a kernel module
  • service -> Manages Linux services
  • systemctl -> Manages Linux services
  • psql -> Enters the PostgreSQL shell
  • influxd -> Runs the InfluxDB daemon
  • influx -> Enter the InfluxDB shell
  • grafana-server -> Starts the Grafana server
  • certbot-auto -> Certbot manager
  • java -jar -> Run a Java .jar file
  • jstatd -> Java stats daemon manager
  • jmap -> Java memory dump tool
  • fdisk -> Linux partition table and disk management utility
  • zpool status -> Shows the status of all the ZFS pools
  • zpool iostat -> Shows I/O stats of the ZFS pools
  • zpool scrub -> Scrubs a ZFS pool
  • zpool trim -> Trims a ZFS pool
  • zpool resilver -> Fixes a degraded ZFS pool after replacing the faulty disk
  • zpool online -> Brings online a ZFS pool
  • zpool export -> Sets a ZFS pool ready to be moved
  • zpool import -> Imports a ZFS pool that has been exported
  • zfs list -> Lists all the ZFS datasets
  • zfs create -> Creates a ZFS dataset
  • zfs mount -> Mounts a ZFS file system