Common commands of the Linux client/desktop os.

This command is used to list computer files and directories

ls

This command writes the full pathname to the current working directory

pwd

This command moves files/directories or renames files/directories

mv

This command is used to copy files or directories.

cp

This command removes objects/files/directories

rm

This Linux command is used to change access permissions.

chmod

This Linux command is used to change ownership

chown

This Linux command is used to elevate as a substitute or super user

sudo

This command is used to handle packages in Unix

apt-get

This command line interpreter is used to install updates/remove software and sounds delicious.

yum

This tool is used to configure the network inteface

ip

This command is used to display available disk space for file systems

df

This command is a utility used for searching plain text that matches a regular expression

grep

This command allows you to view info related to system processes

ps

This command refers to manual page; new system reference manual

man

This command displays active processes & other system information

top

This search tool is used to locate files based on user criteria

find

This command retrieves information about DNS

dig

This command reads each file parameter in sequence & writes it to standard output

cat

This command launches a friendly text-editor

nano