Linux Basic Commands (2024)

In this article, you will learn about the beginner friendly and frequently used commands of Linux Operating Systems. Here, you will be working with GitBash. However, you can use any LINUX based terminal.

Pre-requisites

• Gitbash downloaded

Create a folder quedemy-workspace. Then two other folder and one text file:

Navigating and Managing Files

1. pwd: You can use the pwd command to get the present working directory. pwd stands for Print Working Directory.

   $ pwd

   # Output
   /p/quedemy-workspace

2. ls: Get the list of contents inside current working directory /p/quedemy-workspace

   

3. cd:

4. cat:

5. touch:

6. cp:

7. mv:

8. mkdir:

9. rmdir:

10. rm:

11. locate:

12. find:

13. greep:

14. sudo:

15. df:

16. du:

17. head:

18. tail:

19. diff:

20. tar:

21. chmod:

22. chown:

23. ps:

24. top:

25. kill:

26. ping:

27. wget:

28. uname:

29. history:

30. man:

31. echo:

32. hostname:

33. useradd:

34. userdel:

35. file:

36. wc:

37. whoami:

38. ip: