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ls – The most frequently used command in Linux to list directories
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pwd – Print working directory command in Linux
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cd – Linux command to navigate through directories
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mkdir – Command used to create directories in Linux
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rmdir - Command used to delete directories in Linux
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mv – Move or rename files in Linux
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cp – Similar usage as mv but for copying files in Linux
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rm – Delete files or directories
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touch – Create blank/empty files
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ln – Create symbolic links (shortcuts) to other files
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cat – Display file contents on the terminal
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clear – Clear the terminal display
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echo – Print any text that follows the command
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less – Linux command to display paged outputs in the terminal
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man – Access manual pages for all Linux commands
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uname – Linux command to get basic information about the OS
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whoami – Get the active username
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tar – Command to extract and compress files in Linux
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grep – Search for a string within an output
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head – Return the specified number of lines from the top
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tail – Return the specified number of lines from the bottom
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diff – Find the difference between two files
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cmp – Allows you to check if two files are identical
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comm – Combines the functionality of diff and cmp
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sort – Linux command to sort the content of a file while outputting
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export – Export environment variables in Linux
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zip – Zip files in Linux
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unzip – Unzip files in Linux
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ssh – Secure Shell command in Linux
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service – Linux command to start and stop services
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ps – Display active processes
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kill and killall – Kill active processes by process ID or name
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df – Display disk filesystem information
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mount – Mount file systems in Linux
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chmod – command to change file permissions
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chown – Command for granting ownership of files or folders
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ifconfig – Display network interfaces and IP addresses
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traceroute – Trace all the network hops to reach the destination
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wget – Direct download files from the internet
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ufw – Firewall command
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iptables – Base firewall for all other firewall utilities to interface with
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apt, pacman, yum, rpm – Package managers depending on the distro
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sudo – Command to escalate privileges in Linux
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cal – View a command-line calendar
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alias – Create custom shortcuts for your regularly used commands
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dd – Majorly used for creating bootable USB sticks
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whereis – Locate the binary, source, and manual pages for a command
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whatis – Find what a command is used for
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top – View active processes live with their system usage
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useradd and usermod – Add new user or change existing users’ data
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passwd – Create or update passwords for existing users
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shutdown - Halt, power-off or reboot the machine
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wc - wordlist count form txt file without open a file
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git clone - clone any repo or download any repo on Linux
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chmod - For giving permission to run or access
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ip – from Iproute2, a collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP networking and traffic control in Linux.
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du - estimate file space usage
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free - display memory and swap usage
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find - locates files based on some user-specified criteria.
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ncdu - a disk utility for Unix systems
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ip addr show - show your ip address information
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hostname -I - show your ip address
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reboot - reboot your system