Basic Commands Used In Terminal
Basic Commands Used In Terminal*
Commands : usage
cd : used to change directory
cd / : change to root directory
cd .. : change current directory to parent directory
cd - : move one directory back from where you are now
cp -r : used to copy any directory [including hidden files]
cp -f : force copy by removing the destination files if
needed
mv -f : force move by overwriting destination files without
prompt
mv -v : to move any directory
mv [file1 name] [new file2 name] : To rename files file1
renames to file2
ls : list current folder contets
ls -l : list current folder contets
ls -a : list all files including hidden files
ls -lh : it shows size of files in human readable format
ls -R : shows recursively list of sub-directories
cat [file] : to display file information
nano [file] : to display and edit files
chmod +x [file] : used to executable permission to a file
chmod +X * : to give executable permission to all files
touch [file name] : to create a file ,like file.txt
mkdir [name] : used to create folder / directory
wget : this command used to download any file from online
source like github
rm [file] : used to remove/Delete any file
git clone [github url] : used to clone any repository from
github
apt search [qurey] : to search any package
locate [query] : find all path names contains a pharse
du : Display directory space usage
df : display disk usage.
cal : To display calender
whoami : it shows your login name
uname -a : used to Display kernal information
date : it shows the current date & time
uptime : this command shows system current uptime
cat /proc/meminfo : it shows memory information
cat /proc/cpuinfo : it shows cpu information
cat /proc/version : it shows information about Linux system
