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Linux Basic Command On Backtrack 5 R3

This document provides an overview of basic Linux commands that can be used in Backtrack 5 R3. It describes commands for listing directory contents (ls), changing directories (cd), creating directories (mkdir), removing files and directories (rm), copying files (cp), moving files (mv), finding files (find), clearing the screen (clear), viewing running processes (ps), killing processes (kill), and executing commands with administrator privileges (sudo). The document is intended to familiarize users with common Linux commands available in Backtrack 5 R3.

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Linux Basic Command On Backtrack 5 R3

This document provides an overview of basic Linux commands that can be used in Backtrack 5 R3. It describes commands for listing directory contents (ls), changing directories (cd), creating directories (mkdir), removing files and directories (rm), copying files (cp), moving files (mv), finding files (find), clearing the screen (clear), viewing running processes (ps), killing processes (kill), and executing commands with administrator privileges (sudo). The document is intended to familiarize users with common Linux commands available in Backtrack 5 R3.

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Linux Basic Command on Backtrack 5 R3

sunnykumaron9:33AM

Hel l o! ! Fr i ends Backt r ack 5 R3 i s one of t he Li nux oper at i ng syst emso we


can oper at e Backt r ack wi t h Li nux common command. Lear ni ng Li nux oper at i ng
syst emi s ver y easy and you must f ami l i ar wi t h t he uni x commands i f you
want use Backt r ack 5 R3. Her e I ampost some common Li nux commands whi ch
wi l l be used on Backt r ack 5.



More Commands

ls

l i st : l i st . I t shows t he cont ent s of t he f ol der we i ndi cat e l at er . For


exampl e. I f we want t o show us what ' s i n / et c:

# Ls / et c

I f we do not i nt er pr et anyt hi ng what we want t o see i s t he cont ent s of t he


f ol der wher e we ar e t oday:

# Ls

To di spl ay al l f i l es and f ol der s, i ncl udi ng hi dden:

# Ls- a

To di spl ay t he f i l es and f ol der s al ong wi t h t he r i ght s you have, what


occupi es, et c:

# Ls- l

I f we want ed t o di spl ay t he f i l es i n t he same way as bef or e, but al so


showi ng t he hi dden:

# Ls- l a
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CD

change di r ect or y: change di r ect or y. We can use i t wi t h absol ut e or r el at i ve


pat hs. On t he whol e we i ndi cat e absol ut e pat h f r om t he r oot ( / ) . For
exampl e, wher ever we ar e, i f we wr i t e i n consol e . . .

# Cd / et c / apt . . . we t ake t hat f ol der di r ect l y.


# Cd / . . . send us t o t he r oot of t he f i l esyst em.

Rel at i ve pat hs ar e r el at i ve t o somet hi ng, and t hat somet hi ng i s t he f ol der


wher e we ar e now. For exampl e i f we ar e on / home and want t o go t o a
t empor ar y f ol der cal l ed wi t hi n our per sonal f ol der .

# Cd t u_car pet a / t empor al

We avoi ded t he / home ear l y because ot her wi se we i nt r oduce dr aws on t he


di r ect or y wher e you ar e.

# Cd

What t hi s does i s i t t akes you di r ect l y t o your per sonal f ol der and
wher ever we ar e, i s r eal l y ver y pr act i cal , ver y si mpl e and t hat not
ever yone knows.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - mkdir

make di r ect or y: make di r ect or y. Cr eat e a f ol der wi t h t he name t hat you


i ndi cat e. We may use absol ut e and r el at i ve pat hs. We can t el l you t he whol e
pat h t hat pr ecedes t he di r ect or y we want t o cr eat e, or i f we ar e i n t he
f ol der t hat wi l l cont ai n j ust enough t o put t he name:

# Mkdi r / home / your _account / cucumber

I f we ar e i n / home / your _account . . .

# Mkdi r cucumber
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rm

r emove: del et e. Cl ear s t he f i l e or f ol der t hat you i ndi cat e. As bef or e you
can ent er t he f ul l pat h and f i l e name. Thi s f r om now we wi l l i gnor e, I
t hi nk i t has become cl ear wi t h t he t wo pr evi ous commands.

To del et e a f i l e: # r mf i l ename

To del et e an empt y f ol der : # r mf ol der name

To del et e a f ol der cont ai ni ng f i l es and / or ot her f ol der s:

# Rm- r f ol der name

Ot her opt i ons: " - f " does not ask f or conf i r mat i on t o del et e or " - v" shows
what cl ear s.
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cp

copy: copy. Copy t he f i l e i ndi cat ed wher e you say. Her e we can al so pl ay
wi t h r out es f or bot h t he sour ce f i l e, as i n t he dest i nat i on. You can al so
put t he name you want t o gi ve t he copy. For exampl e, i f we wer e i n /
et c/ X11 and woul d l i ke t o make a backup of xor g. conf i n our per sonal
f ol der :

# Cp xor g. conf / home / t u_car pet a / xor g. conf . backup


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mv

move: move. Same as above, onl y i nst ead of maki ng a copy, di r ect l y dr i ves
t he f i l e as you i ndi cat e, can be ot her t han t he or i gi nal :

# Mv / et c / pepi no. ht ml / home / t u_car pet a / ese_pepi no. ht ml

Anot her ver y pr act i cal use t hat can be gi ven i s t o r ename a f i l e. Si mpl y
i ndi cat e t he new name i n t he second ar gument wi t h t he same pat h f i r st . I n
t hi s exampl e we assume t hat we ar e i n t he f ol der t hat cont ai ns:

# Mv pepi no. ht ml ese_pepi no. ht ml


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find

f i nd: f i nd. Fi nd t he f i l e or f ol der t hat you speci f y:

# Fi nd / - name cucumber

The above command woul d l ook ever ywher e f ol der s and f i l es cal l ed cucumber .
I f we wer e conf i dent t hat i s l ocat ed at / var eg i t i ndi car amos:

# Fi nd / var - name cucumber

I f we' r e not sur e of t he name can i ndi cat e i t wi t h wi l dcar ds. Suppose we
seek name cont ai ns " Pepi " i n t he same f ol der as bef or e:

# Fi nd / var - name * pepi *

You have ot her opt i ons. For exampl e we can t el l you f i nd t he f i l es /


f ol der s over 1500 KB:

# Fi nd / - si ze +1500

Or t he f i l es / f ol der s cont ai ni ng t he name " Pepi " and have l ess t han 1000
KB:

# Fi nd / - name *- si ze pepi * - 1000


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clear

cl ear : cl ear . Cl ear s t he scr een / consol e.

# Cl ear
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ps

Pr ocess St at us: st at us of pr ocesses. I t shows us what we want t o know about


t he pr ocesses r unni ng on your syst em. Each pr ocess i s i dent i f i ed by a
number cal l ed PI D. I f we pl ace . . .

# Ps- A

. . . Wi l l show a l i st i ng of al l pr ocesses, t hei r PI D t o t he l ef t and t o t he


r i ght name. I f you want mor e i nf or mat i on:

# Ps aux

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kill

ki l l : ki l l . El i mi nat es t he pr ocess we i ndi cat e wi t h PI D:


# Ki l l

Somet i mes t he pr ocess does not " di e" at al l , but you can f or ce t he syst em
t o saf el y ki l l hi mas f ol l ows:

# Ki l l - 9
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sudo

super - user do: do as r oot . The user account i n Ubunt u i s r el at i vel y nor mal .
Have admi ni st r at or r i ght s t o hal f . I mean, i t does, but ever y t i me you do
somet hi ng i mpor t ant and syst emi c r i sk, i t must be done by t he pr ef i x " sudo"
and t hen t ypi ng t he passwor d.

For exampl e, somet hi ng we have done many t i mes i n t he t ut or i al s i s t o make


a backup of t he xor g. conf f i l e. I t i s l ocat ed i n t he / et c/ X11 and t hat any
user can change or del et e anyt hi ng i f you ar e not an admi ni st r at or or have
r i ght s as such, t hanks t o sudo. So we al ways di d:

# Sudo cp / et c/ X11/ xor g. conf / et c/ X11/ xor g. conf

Whenever we need t o make a apt - get / apt i t ude updat e or i nst al l and act i ons
of t hi s ki nd, we have t o put bef or e t he " sudo" .
passwd

passwor d: passwor d. Thi s command can change t he passwor d f or our account .


Fi r st we asked t he cur r ent passwor d as a secur i t y measur e. Then pr ompt s you
t o ent er t wi ce t he new passwor d.

# Passwd
his

super - user : r oot . By " t hei r " we l oguear nos as r oot . Af t er wr i t i ng i t wi l l


ask f or t he r oot passwor d and we as admi ni st r at or .

# Su

Thi s command al so al l ows you t o l ogi n wi t h a di f f er ent account . For


exampl e, i magi ne we have anot her account , besi des r oot and our s, cal l ed
" guest " . To l ogi n as such woul d be suf f i ci ent t o:

# Hi s guest

and t hen ent er t he passwor d f or t hat account .

sudo passwd

Thanks t o t he combi nat i on of t hese t wo commands you can change t he r oot


passwor d ( t he super - user ) .

# Sudo passwd
man

manual : manual . ' s anot her power f ul commands i n l i nux. Pr ogr amor command i s
nor mal l y comes wi t h a compl et e hel p f i l e on t hei r use and t hei r ar gument s.
When desconozci s how i t i s used and what ar gument s have a command or
appl i cat i on you onl y have t o t ype i n consol e:

# Man named

Somet i mes t he i nf or mat i on you pr ovi de us man can become excessi ve. Al most
al l commands and appl i cat i ons accept t he ar gument " - hel p" t o di spl ay mor e
summar i zed some hel p. For exampl e wi t h apt i t ude:

# Apt i t ude - hel p

EXPLORING THE FILE SYSTEM

The f i l e syst em i s a col l ect i on of f i l es and t he di r ect or y hi er ar chy of


your syst em. Among t he mai n di r ect or i es ar e:

/ Bin
/ Bi n st ands f or bi nar i es or execut abl es. I t i s home t o most of t he
essent i al syst em. Most ( i f not al l ) of t he f i l es i n / bi n wi t h an ast er i sk
( *) appended t o t hei r names. Thi s i ndi cat es t hat t hey ar e execut abl e f i l es.

/ Dev
The f i l es i n / dev ar e known as devi ce dr i ver s ( devi ce dr i ver s) and ar e
used t o access syst em devi ces and r esour ces such as har d dr i ves, modems,
memor y, et c. .

/ Etc
/ Et c cont ai ns a number of syst emconf i gur at i on f i l es. These i ncl ude / et c
/ passwd ( t he user dat abase) , / et c / r c ( syst em i ni t i al i zat i on scr i pt s,
et c. ) .

/ Sbin
/ Sbi n i s used t o st or e essent i al syst em t hat wi l l use t he same
admi ni st r at or
.
/ Home
/ Home cont ai ns t he user s' home di r ect or i es. For exampl e, / home / user i s
t he user di r ect or y. On a newl y i nst al l ed syst em, t her e i s no user i n t hi s
di r ect or y.

/ Lib
/ Li b cont ai ns t he shar ed l i br ar y i mages. These f i l es cont ai n code t hat
shar e many pr ogr ams. I nst ead of each pr ogr amcont ai ni ng i t s own copy of t he
shar ed r out i nes, t hey ar e st or ed i n a common pl ace i n / l i b. Thi s makes
execut abl e f i l es smal l er and saves space on di sk.

/ Proc
pr oc i s a " vi r t ual f i l e syst em" . Fi l es t hat ar e st or ed i n memor y cont ai ns,
not on di sk. They r ef er t o var i ous pr ocesses r unni ng on t he syst em, and
al l ow you t o get i nf or mat i on about whi ch pr ogr ams and pr ocesses ar e r unni ng
at any gi ven t i me.

/ Tmp
Many pr ogr ams have a need t o gener at e some i nf or mat i on and st or e i t i n a
t empor ar y f i l e. The l ocat i on f or t hese f i l es i s / t mp

/ Usr
/ Usr di r ect or y i s ver y i mpor t ant . I t cont ai ns a number of subdi r ect or i es
i n t ur n cont ai n some of t he most i mpor t ant and usef ul pr ogr ams and
conf i gur at i on f i l es used i n t he syst em.

The di r ect or i es descr i bed above ar e essent i al f or t he syst em t o be


oper at i onal , but most of t he t hi ngs t hat ar e i n / usr ar e opt i onal f or t he
syst em. Anyway, ar e t hose opt i onal t hi ngs t hat make t he syst em usef ul and
i nt er est i ng.

/ Var
/ Var cont ai ns di r ect or i es t hat of t en change t hei r si ze and t end t o gr ow.



COMMAND LIST
LINUX Commands
1 ac
Pr i nt st at i st i cs about t he t i me t hey have been connect ed
user s.
2 adduser See user add.
3 al i as Cr eat e shor t cut s t o commands, l i st cur r ent al i ases.
4 apt - get
Tool act ual i zacn / r emot e i nst al l at i on packages i n debi an
based syst ems.
5 ar p
Let s get / mani pul at e t he l i st of MAC / I P addr esses t hat
t he syst emsees.
6 ar pi ng Sends ARP REQUEST t o ot her comput er s on t he net wor k.
7 ar pt abl es
Fi r ewal l f unct i ons si mi l ar t o cont r ol i pt abl es but ar p
pr ot ocol t r af f i c.
8 at Wor k pr ogr am, commands, scr i pt s f or l at er execut i on.
9 at q Li st schedul ed j obs pendi ng execut i on by t he at command.
10 awk Anal ysi s and pr ocessi ng pat t er ns i n f i l es and l i st i ngs.
11 basename Del et e t he pat h name of a f i l e.
12 bc Cal cul at or and mat hemat i cal l anguage, ver y power f ul .
13 bi osdecode BI OS i nf or mat i on.
14 bl ki d
Di spl ays at t r i but es of bl ock devi ces ( di sks, usb, et c. . )
Such as LABEL and UUI D, among ot her s.
15 bzcat Uncompr ess f i l es usi ng bzi p2 compr essed or packaged.
16 bzi p2 Compr essor / decompr essor f i l es.
17 bzmor e Vi ew t he ar chi ve cont ent s or packaged usi ng bzi p2.
18 l i me Di spl ays a cal endar .
19 cat Di spl ays t he cont ent s of f i l es and concat enat es f i l es.
20 CD Change di r ect or y.
21 cf di sk Di sk par t i t i oni ng t ool , mai nl y used on Debi an syst ems.
22 chage
Change t he i nf or mat i on ( expi r at i on, r evocat i on, et c. ) of a
user ' s passwor d.
23 chat t r Change ext ended at t r i but es of f i l es and di r ect or i es
24 chf n Change t he i nf or mat i on used i n f i nger .
25 chgr p Changes t he gr oup of a f i l e ( s) or f ol der ( s) .
26 chkconf i g
Cont r ol s / quer y how ser vi ces ar e r unni ng or not on
st ar t up.
27 chmod Change t he per mi ssi ons of a f i l e ( s) or f ol der ( s) .
28 chown Changes t he owner of a f i l e ( s) or f ol der ( s) .
29 chpasswd
Upgr ade passwor ds or passwor ds i n bat ch mode. Passwor ds can
updat e user gr oups.
30 chr oot
Execut e commands i n a r est r i ct ed shel l r oot t o a di r ect or y
and i t s subdi r ect or i es.
31 chsh Change your def aul t shel l or l ogi n shel l .
32 cl eanl i nks
Cl eans syml i nks unr el at ed and al so r emoves empt y
di r ect or i es.
33 cl ear Cl ean t he t er mi nal .
34 cmp Compar es t wo f i l es byt e by byt e.
35 conver t quot a
Conver t s f r omol d f or mat s quot a. gr oup quot a. user and new
f or mat s and aquot a. gr oup aquot a. user .
36 cpi o
Copy, cr eat e, and ext r act compr essed f i l es i n di f f er ent
f or mat s and bet ween t eams or l ocal l y.
37 cr ont ab Manage f i l es and cr on f or r oot user s.
38 cur l Al l ows you t o downl oad or t r ansf er ur l ' s.
39 cut
Removes sect i ons ( col umns mai nl y) of each l i ne of a f i l e or
f i l es.
40 dat e Di spl ays / set s t he dat e and t i me.
41 dc I nt er act i ve Cal cul at or .
42 dd Conver t and copy f i l es and f i l e syst ems.
43 ddat e Di spl ays t he dat e i n cal endar f or mat j ar r i ng.
44 df Di spl ays space usage of har d dr i ves or par t i t i ons.
45 di f f Sear ch and show di f f er ences bet ween f i l es.
46 di g Pr ops f or quer yi ng DNS ser ver s.
47 di r col or s Col or set up f or l s.
48 di r s
Al l ows you t o di spl ay, mani pul at e t he l i st of di r ect or i es
used i n t he st ack. ( See popd and pushd)
49 dmesg Di spl ays messages syst emst ar t up ( boot ) .
50 dmi decode Li st of comput er har dwar e BI OS di r ect l y. ( Al so: l shw)
51 dos2uni x Conver t s f i l es f r omMS- DOS t o Uni x f or mat / Li nux.
52 du Di spl ays space usage of f i l es and di r ect or i es.
53 dump
Al l ows cr eat i on of backups f or t he f i l e syst ems ext 2 and
ext 3.
54 ECHO Pr i nt s a l i ne of t ext , var i abl es, or cont ent t o a f i l e.
55 edquot a Manages di sk quot a cont r ol user and gr oup.
56 egr ep I t ' s l i ke t he ' gr ep- E' , t o use r egul ar expr essi ons.
57 ej ect Unmount and ej ect r emovabl e medi a such as CD- ROMs.
58 env Run a pr ogr ami n a modi f i ed envi r onment .
59 et ht ool Al l ows you t o di spl ay or change val ues of a net wor k car d.
60 exi t Exi t s t he cur r ent shel l or t er mi nal .
61 expect
Cr eat e sequences and di al ogues wi t h ot her i nt er act i ve
sessi ons pr ogr ammed commands or scr i pt s.
62 expor t Expor t s t he val ue of a var i abl e.
63 expor t f s
Mai nt ai ns a l i st of f i l e syst ems NFS t ype whi ch have been
expor t ed.
64 expr Mat hemat i cal expr essi on eval uat or .
65 f act or Fi nd t he pr i mes of a gi ven number .
66 f c Li st , edi t and r eej ecut a pr evi ousl y execut ed commands.
67 f di sk Di sk par t i t i oni ng t ool , common t o al most al l di st r os.
68 f gr ep
I t ' s l i ke ' gr ep- F' t o use r egul ar expr essi ons i n f i l e
sear ches and l i st i ngs.
69 f i l e Det er mi nes t he f i l e t ype.
70 f i nd Fi l e sear ch, mul t i pl e sear ch opt i ons.
71 f i ndf s Fi nd a f i l esyst emby UUI D or LABEL ( l abel ) .
72 f i ndsmb
Li st i nf or mat i on about comput er s t hat r espond t o SMB
packet s. Li st a Wi ndows net wor k. ( Par t Samba)
73 f i nger Di spl ays i nf or mat i on about t he syst emuser s.
74 For t une Pr i nt s a r andomadage.
75 f pi ng
Let s send I CMP packet s ( pi ngs) t o mul t i pl e comput er s on a
net wor k and det er mi ne i f t hey ar e al i ve or not .
76 f r ee Shows t he used and f r ee space of RAM and Swap.
77 f sck Tool t o ver i f y / r epai r f i l e syst ems.
78 f user I dent i f y pr ocesses usi ng f i l es or connect i ons ( socket s) .
79 gawk
Anal ysi s and pr ocessi ng pat t er ns i n f i l es and l i st i ngs.
( Gnu ver si on)
80 gcc C compi l er and GNU C + +.
81 gedi t GNOME t ext edi t or .
82 gpasswd Enabl es management of t he f i l e / et c / gr oup
83 gpg
Tool gener at i on encr ypt i on and secur i t y cer t i f i cat es
( opengpg) .
84 gr ep Look f or pat t er ns of st r i ngs wi t hi n f i l es.
85 gr oupadd Cr eat e a new gr oup i n t he syst em.
86 gr oupdel Del et es a gr oup i n t he syst em.
87 gr oupmod Modi f i es a gr oup on t he syst em.
88 gr oups Pr i nt s t he gr oups t o whi ch a user bel ongs.
89 gzi p Compr esses / expands f i l es.
90 hal t Tur n of f t he comput er .
91 hdpar m Set s and di spl ays f eat ur es on t he har d dr i ves.
92 head Di spl ays t he f i r st l i nes of a f i l e.
93 hel p Hel p on bash i nt er nal commands.
94 hi st or y Di spl ays t he user ' s command hi st or y.
95 host Ut i l i t y consul t i ng DNS ser ver host .
96 host name Di spl ays t he comput er name.
97 ht passwd
Manage f i l es of user / passwor d f or basi c aut hent i cat i on of
Apache.
98 hwcl ock
Di spl ays / Set s t he dat e / t i me changes or har dwar e. ( Dat e
/ Ti me Syst emt o dat e)
99 i d Di spl ays t he UI D ( User I D) and GI D ( Gr oup I D) of t he user
100 i f conf i g Di spl ays / Conf i gur es t he syst em' s net wor k i nt er f aces.
101 i f st at
Smal l ut i l i t y t hat al l ows t o obser ve st at i st i cs of net wor k
i nt er f aces i n r eal t i me.
102 i ni t I ni t i al i zat i on cont r ol ej ecucci n l evel .
103 i nsmod Modul es i nser t ed i n t he ker nel .
104 i pcal c Per f or msi mpl e cal cul at i ons on I P addr esses.
105 i pcount I dent i f yi ng r anges of net wor k, I P' s cal cul at i on.
106 i pt ab Di spl ays an I P addr ess t abl e pr ef i x accor di ng t o CI DR
107 i pt abl es Fi r ewal l conf i gur at i on t ool f or Li nux.
108 i pt r af Net wor k t r af f i c anal yzer i n t ext mode.
109 i wconf i g Set up a wi r el ess net wor k car d.
110 i wl i st Get s det ai l s of a wi r el ess car d.
111 j obs Di spl ays user j obs i n suspensi on or backgr ound.
112 kat e KDE Text Edi t or .
113 ki l l
Ter mi nat es pr ocesses, mor e cor r ect l y sends si gnal s t o
pr ocesses.
114 ki l l al l End pr ocesses wi t h t he same name or gr oup.
115 l ast Di spl ays i nf or mat i on f r ompast user s l ogged.
116 l ast b
Di spl ays i nf or mat i on f r omt he pr evi ous f ai l ed at t empt s t o
l ogi n.
117 l ess
Di spl ays t he cont ent s of an ar chi ve, sear chabl e and
movement back and f or t h.
118 l n
Cr eat e l i nks ( shor t cut s) sof t and har d f i l es and
di r ect or i es.
119 l ocal e Speci f i c i nf or mat i on about t he l ocal envi r onment var i abl es.
120 l ocat e I ndexes and sear ches f i l es. Sl ocat e saf er t o use.
121 l oset up Def i nes and cont r ol s devi ces such as ' l oop' .
122 l pq Sampl e document s f or pr i nt i ng i n t he pr i nt queue.
123 l pr Add a document t o t he pr i nt queue.
124 l s Li st f i l es and di r ect or i es.
125 l shw Li st of comput er har dwar e BI OS di r ect l y. ( Al so: dmi decode)
126 l smod Di spl ays t he st at us of t he modul es i n t he ker nel .
127 l sof
Di spl ays open f i l es i n ej ecucci n pr ogr am, or a user ,
pr ocess, et c.
128 l spci Li st PCI devi ces i n t he syst em.
129 l susb Li st syst emusb devi ces.
130 mai l Send and r ecei ve emai l .
131 man Command di spl ays t he manual i ndi cat ed.
132 mc
Handl er ar chvi vos wi t h mouse suppor t i n t ext mode, not
ever y di st r o I have.
133 mcedi t Mc t ext edi t or .
134 md5sum Check ( and cr eat es) f i l es wi t h md5 si gnat ur e cer t i f i cat i on.
135 mkdi r Cr eat e di r ect or i es.
136 mkf s Bui l d a Li nux f i l e syst em.
137 mkpasswd Passwor d gener at or . ( Sof t war e Package ' expect ' ) .
138 modi nf o Di spl ays i nf or mat i on about ker nel modul es.
139 modpr obe Tool t o add / r emove ker nel modul es.
140 mor e
Pager si mi l ar t o but l ess f unci oanal l ess as i t comes
f or war d and r et ocede.
141 mount Mont a st or age par t i t i ons enabl ed devi ces l i st ed.
142 mt ool s Set of ut i l i t i es t o access DOS di sks f r omLi nux.
143 mv Moves f i l es and di r ect or i es.
144 net st at
Net wor k Ut i l i t y showi ng connect i ons, r out i ng t abl es,
i nt er f ace st at i st i cs, et c. .
145 ni ce Run a pr ogr amwi t h a pr i or i t y ot her t han nor mal ej ecucci n.
146 nohup
Runs a pr ogr ami mmune t o hangups and wi t hout access t o a
t er mi nal .
147 openssl Cont r ol , management , secur i t y cer t i f i cat e gener at i on.
148 par t pr obe
Tel l s t he oper at i ng syst emt o t he changes ment i oned i n /
et c / f st ab
149 passwd Changes t he speci f i ed user ' s passwor d.
150 pi ng
Send an ECHO_REQUEST ( echo r equest ) t o a comput er on t he
net wor k.
151 pki l l Send si gnal s t o pr ocesses based on t hei r at t r i but es.
152 popd
Removes ent r i es ( di r ect or i es used) f r omt he l i st of
di r ect or i es used i n t he st ack. ( See di r s and pushd)
153 pr For mat or conver t t ext f i l es f or pr i nt i ng.
154 ps Di spl ays syst empr ocesses or user or bot h.
155 pst r ee Di spl ays pr ocesses as a t r ee.
156 pushd
Adds ent r i es ( di r ect or i es used) i n t he di r ect or y l i st
( st ack or st ack) . ( See di r s and popd)
157 pwck Check t he i nt egr i t y of t he f i l e / et c / passwd
158 pwconv Add shadow pr ot ect i on or set s t he f i l e / et c / passwd.
159 quot a You can see t he use of user f ees.
160 quot acheck Cr eat e, ver i f y, manage di sk quot a syst ems
161 quot aof f Deact i vat es di sk quot as.
162 quot aon Act i ve cont r ol di sk quot as f or user s and gr oups.
163 r deskt op Open gr aphi cs t er mi nal s has? I a Wi ndows comput er s.
164 r eboot Rest ar t t he comput er .
165 r eni ce Changes t he pr i or i t y of a pr ocess or pr ogr amej ecucci n.
166 r epquot a Repor t use of di sk quot as.
167 r esol vei p Sol ve t he i p or host domai n i ndi cat ed.
168 r ev Rever ses t he l i nes of a f i l e.
169 r m Del et es or r emoves f i l es.
170 r out e Di spl ays / changes t he I P r out i ng t abl e.
171 r pm
Pr ogr ami nst al l at i on / updat e / r emovi ng packages, r edhat
based di st r os.
172 r unl evel Di spl ays t he cur r ent r un l evel and pr evi ous syst em.
173 scp
Copy f i l es bet ween comput er s, par t of t he package openssh
( encr ypt ed communi cat i on pr ot ocol ) .
174 scr een Vi r t ual t er mi nal manager .
175 t hi r st Edi t or onl i ne f i l e f i l t er s and t r ansf or ms.
176 ser vi ce Run / st op ser vi ces manual l y.
177 set
Di spl ays or set s t he envi r onment var i abl es f or t he user
act uual .
178 sha1sum Check ( and cr eat es) f i l es sha1 si gnat ur e cer t i f i cat i on.
179 shopt Enabl es or di sabl es var i abl es shel l opt i onal behavi or .
180 shr ed Del et e f i l es secur el y and unr ecover abl e.
181 shut down Tur n of f or r est ar t your comput er .
182 sor t Sor t l i nes of f i l es and pl ayl i st s
183 ss Pr ops l i ke net st at but basi c socket set f ast l i st i ngs.
184 ssh
Secur e r emot e l ogi n pr ogr am, openssh package pr ogr am
( encr ypt ed communi cat i on pr ot ocol ) .
185 st ar t x Log X.
186 hi s Change t he cur r ent user i ndi cat ed.
187 sudo Al l ows user r uns i ndi cat e t hat r oot commands.
188 sync For za memor y bl ocks t o di sk, updat e t he super bl ock.
189 t ac As cat shows and / or concat enat ed f i l es i n r ever se.
190 t ai l Di spl ays t he end of a f i l e.
191 t ai l f
Synonymt ai l - f command, l et s you see i n r eal t i me t he end
of a f i l e, i e as you t ype, usef ul f or moni t or i ng l ogs.
192 t ar Tool packer / compr essor f i l es.
193 t est par m Check samba smb. conf f i l e f or er r or s or cor r ect i ons.
194 t i me
Ret ur ns t he t i me t hat you r an t he command or pr ogr am
i ndi cat ed.
195 t op Di spl ays syst empr ocesses i nt er act i vel y and cont i nuousl y.
196 t ouch
Cr eat e empt y f i l es, change access dat es and / or
modi f i cat i on of f i l es.
197 t put Change val ues or t er mi nal capabi l i t i es, based on t er mi nf o.
198 t r acer out e Pr i nt s t he r out e net wor k packet s t o t he dest i nat i on.
199 t t y Pr i nt t he name of t he t er mi nal on whi ch t hi s.
200 t zsel ect Set an ar ea or zone.
201 umask Set per mi ssi ons mask when cr eat i ng di r ect or i es and f i l es.
202 umount Unmount f i l e syst ems.
203 unal i as Removes al i as command, cr eat ed wi t h t he al i as command.
204 uname Di spl ays syst emi nf or mat i on.
205 uni q Omi t s or r epor t s on r epeat ed l i nes i n a f i l e or l i st i ng.
206 uni t s
Conver t er uni t s f r omone syst emt o anot her , suppor t s dozens
of met r i cs.
207 up2dat e
Upgr ade Tool / r emot e i nst al l at i on package ( used i n r edhat ,
cent os) .
208 upt i me Shows how l ong has t ur ned on t he comput er .
209 ur pme Ur pmi package pr ogr amt o uni nst al l or r emove packages.
210 ur pmi
Upgr ade Tool / r emot e i nst al l at i on packages, r pmbased
di st r os ( used i n mandr i va) .
211 user add Add user s.
212 user del Removes user s.
213 user mod Modi f i es user i nf or mat i on.
214 user s
Di spl ays t he user names of al l user s cur r ent l y connect ed t o
t he syst em.
215 vi
Di spl ay vi sual edi t or , t ext edi t or , you f i nd i n al l Li nux
di st r os.
216 vi m Same as vi but i mpr oved.
217 vi sudo Edi t or f or t he conf i gur at i on f i l e / et c / sudoer s sudo.
218 vmst at Pr ovi des i nf or mat i on on vi r t ual memor y.
219 w Shows who i s connect ed t o t he syst emand you ar e doi ng.
220 wal l Send a message t o al l t er mi nal s.
221 war nquot a
Conf i gur e / et c / war nquot a. conf t o compl ement messages f or
di sk quot as.
222 wc Account wor ds, l i nes, char act er s f r oma f i l e or l i st i ng.
223 wget Fi l e Downl oader f r omt he I nt er net and not i nt er act i ve.
224 what i s Shor t descr i pt i on, i n a l i ne of a command or pr ogr am.
225 wher ei s
Locat e t he bi nar y, sour ce and / or l i br ar i es, and
document at i on of a comado.
226 Whi ch Shows t he f ul l pat h of a command.
227 who Shows who i s connect ed t o t he syst em.
228 whoami Di spl ays t he cur r ent user .
229 xhost Access cont r ol f or X sessi ons
230 xki l l Mat a or ends t o an X cl i ent , i e a gr aphi cs pr ogr am.
231 yes
Pr i nt s a st r i ng r epeat edl y unt i l t er mi nat ed or ki l l ed t he
command.
232 yum
Upgr ade Tool / r emot e i nst al l at i on packages, r pmbased
di st r os ( used i n f edor a, r edhat and der i vat i ves) .
233 zcat
Unzi p / sampl e f i l es compr essed wi t h gunzi p ( i dent i cal t o
gunzi p- c)
234 zeni t y Di spl ays var i ous t ypes of di al ogues i n X f r oma t er mi nal .
235 zl ess Di spl ays t he cont ent s of compr essed f i l es.
236 zmor e
Di spl ays t he cont ent s of compr essed f i l es.

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