Linux Commands and Utilities

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Decks in this class (182)

modprobe
Modprobe 1,
Modprobe r 2
2  cards
lsmod
Lsmod 1
1  cards
lspci
Lspci 1,
Lspci m 2,
Lspci v vv vvv 3
6  cards
lsusb
Lsusb 1,
Lsusb v 2,
Lsusb t 3
4  cards
dmesg
Dmesg 1,
Dmesg l 2,
Dmesg t 3
4  cards
journalctl
Journalctl help pages 1 2 1,
Journalctl b id offset 2,
Journalctl s u since until 3
7  cards
shutdown
Shutdown 1,
Shutdown h p r h k no wall c 2
2  cards
telinit
Telinit 1,
Telinit 0 1 s s 2 3 4 5 6 q q u u...
2  cards
systemctl
Systemctl help pages 1 2 1,
Systemctl help page 3 2,
Systemctl stop applicationservice 3
7  cards
wall
Wall 1,
Wall n t g v 2
2  cards
grub-install
Grub install 1
1  cards
grub-mkconfig
Grub mkconfig 1
1  cards
update-grub
Update grub 1
1  cards
ldd
Ldd 1,
Ldd d r u v 2
2  cards
ldconfig
Ldconfig 1,
Ldconfig c c f i 2,
Ldconfig l n n p 3
4  cards
dpkg
Dpkg 1,
Dpkg i 2,
Dpkg l 3
15  cards
dpkg-reconfigure & debconf
Dpkg reconfigure 1,
Dpkg reconfigure f p default prio...,
Dpkg reconfigure u force no reload 3
5  cards
apt-get
Apt get 1,
Apt get upgrade apt get update ap...,
Apt get install apt get install o...
9  cards
apt-cache
Apt cache 1,
Apt cache pkgnames apt cache sear...,
Apt cache showpkg 3
4  cards
rpm
Rpm 1,
Rpm checksig 2,
Rpm ivh i v h 3
18  cards
rpm2cpio
Rpm2cpio 1,
Blank 2
2  cards
yum
Yum 1,
Yum install yum y install 2,
Yum remove 3
16  cards
zypper
Zypper 1,
Zypper install zypper source inst...,
Zypper update zypper list updates...
5  cards
bash
Bash 1,
Blank 2
2  cards
echo
Echo 1,
Echo x 2,
Echo n 3
6  cards
env
Env 1,
Env 2,
Env i 3
7  cards
export
Export 1,
Export f n p 2
2  cards
pwd
Pwd 1,
Pwd p 2,
Pwd l 3
3  cards
set
Set 1,
Set a b e f h 2,
Set k m n o 3
9  cards
unset
Unset 1,
Unset option name f v n 2,
Blank 3
3  cards
type
Type 1,
Type a f 2,
Type p p 3
4  cards
which
Which 1,
Which a 2,
Blank 3
3  cards
man
Man 1,
Section numbers of the manual 2,
Man f k k 3
7  cards
uname
Uname 1,
Uname a s n r v 2,
Uname m p i o 3
4  cards
history
History 1,
Export histtimeformat f t 2,
Export histignore ls l pwd date 3
8  cards
bzcat
Bzcat 1,
Bzcat s 2,
Blank 3
3  cards
cat
Cat 1,
Cat a b e e n 2,
Cat s t t u v 3
3  cards
cut
Cut 1,
Cut b c d f s 2,
Cut complement output delimiter s...
4  cards
head
Cut 1,
Head c n q v z 2
2  cards
less
Less 1,
Less moving e y f b 2,
Less searching pattern pattern n n 3
14  cards
md5sum
Md5sum 1,
Md5sum b c tag t z 2,
Md5sum useful when verifying chec...
3  cards
nl
Nl 1,
Nl b d f h i l 2,
Nl n p s v w 3
4  cards
od
Od 1,
Od options a endian big little j ...,
Od options t v w bytes traditional 3
5  cards
paste
Paste 1,
Paste d s z 2,
Blank 3
3  cards
sed
Sed 1,
Sed e f e r s 2,
Sed s string1 string2 file1txt 3
7  cards
sha256sum & sha512sum
Sha256sum sha512sum 1,
Sha256sum sha512sum 2,
Sha256sum sha512sum verifying che...
4  cards
sort
Sort 1,
Sort r n k u t 2
2  cards
split
Split 1,
Split verbose 2,
Split l 3
8  cards
tail
Tail 1,
Tail c f f n q s 2
2  cards
tr
Tr 1,
Tr options c d s t 2,
Tr set options backslash a audibl...
4  cards
uniq
Uniq 1,
Uniq options c d d i u 2,
Uniq options f s 3
3  cards
wc
Wc 1,
Wc c m l files0 from f l w 2
2  cards
xzcat
Xzcat 1
1  cards
zcat
Zcat 1,
Zcat l q r 2
2  cards
cp
Cp 1,
Cp a attributes only backup contr...,
Cp i n v r r u 3
4  cards
find
Find 1,
Find options p l h d 0 2,
Find name text1 3
28  cards
mkdir
Mkdir 1,
Mkdir m p v 2
2  cards
mv
Mv 1,
Mv n i b s t t 2
2  cards
ls
Ls 1,
Ls a l h f r r 2,
Ls s t i d n 3
3  cards
rm
Rm 1,
Rm f i i r d v 2
2  cards
rmdir
Rm 1,
Rmdir p v 2
2  cards
touch
Touch 1,
Touch a c d h m r 2,
Touch t stamp time word 3
3  cards
tar
Tar 1,
Tar cvf filetar home user 2,
Tar cvzf filetargz home user 3
15  cards
cpio
Cpio 1,
Cpio o listofnames archive 2,
Cpio i archive 3
7  cards
dd
Dd 1,
Dd if dev sda of dev sdb bs 4096 ...,
Dd if dev sda of tmp mbrbackup bs...
5  cards
file
File 1,
File b userfile 2,
File i filename 3
5  cards
gzip & gunzip
Gzip 1,
Gzip imptfilestxt 2,
Gzip f dupfiletxt 3
11  cards
bzip2 & bunzip2
Bzip2 1,
Bzip s 2,
Bzip z and bzip d 3
5  cards
xz & unxz
Xz 1,
Xz z compress d decompress t test...,
Unxz 3
3  cards
tee
Tee 1,
Tee a i p 2,
Tee output error mode 3
3  cards
xargs
Xargs 1,
Xargs a file1txt 2,
Xargs p a file1txt 3
5  cards
bg & fg
Bg 1,
Fg 2
2  cards
jobs
Jobs 1,
Jobs l n p r s 2,
Jobs x command args 3
4  cards
kill & pkill & killall
Kill 1,
Kill s signal 2,
Kill l l 3
13  cards
nohup
Nohup 1
1  cards
ps
Ps 1,
Ps simple process selection 2,
Ps simple process selection 3
14  cards
top
Top 1,
Top b c d e h i 2,
Top n p s s u 3
4  cards
free
Free 1,
Free b k m g h 2,
Free c s t l si 3
4  cards
uptime
Uptime 1,
Uptime p s 2
2  cards
grep & egrep & fgrep & pgrep
0  cards
watch
Watch 1,
Watch d n p t b 2,
Watch e g c x 3
3  cards
screen
0  cards
tmux
0  cards
nice & renice
Nice 1,
Nice n 2,
Renice 3
4  cards
vi & Editors
Vi 1,
Vi v e e s y r 2,
Vi z m m b c n 3
13  cards
fdisk & gdisk
Fdisk 1,
Fdisk b b c l l o 2,
Fdisk t u s bytes w w 3
7  cards
parted
Parted 1,
Parted l m s a 2,
Parted commands device 3
7  cards
mkfs
Mkfs 1,
Mkfs t type fs options v verbose 2,
File systems ext extention of the...
4  cards
mkswap
Mkswap 1,
Mkswap c f l 2,
Mkswap p u 3
3  cards
du
Du 1,
Du 0 a b b c d 2,
Du h inodes l l m p s 3
5  cards
df
Df 1,
Df a b h h i p 2,
Df l t t x no sync sync 3
4  cards
fsck
Fsck 1,
Fsck a c l m n p 2,
Fsck r r s t t v 3
3  cards
e2fsck
E2fsck 1,
E2fsck p a b b c c fd d 2,
E2fsck d e f f j k 3
5  cards
mke2fs
Mke2fs 1,
Mke2fs b c d d e e 2,
Mke2fs f g g i i j 3
5  cards
tune2fs
Tune2fs 1,
Tune2fs c max mount counts c moun...,
Tune2fs m last mounted directory ...
3  cards
xfs_repair & xfs_fsr & xfs_db
0  cards
mount & umount
Mount 1,
Mount options a all mount all fil...,
Mount source target n no mtab 3
8  cards
blkid & lsblk
Blkid 1,
Blkid i dev sda1 2,
Blkid p dev sda 3
7  cards
chmod
Chmod 1,
Chmod c f v r no preserve preserv...,
Chmod modes ugoa rwxxst user u gr...
3  cards
umask
Umask 1,
Umask p s 2,
Umask permissions 777 no permissi...
3  cards
chown
Chown 1,
Chown c f v r h l p 2,
Chown dereference h no dereferenc...
3  cards
chgrp
Chgrp 1,
Chgrp c changes f silent quiet v ...
2  cards
ln
Ln 1,
Ln backup control b 2,
Ln d f directory f force i intera...
4  cards
locate
Locate 1,
Locate 2,
Locate html n 20 3
11  cards
updatedb
Updatedb 1
1  cards
whereis & which & type
Whereis 1,
Whereis b search only for binarie...,
Which 3
6  cards
source
Source 1
1  cards
function
Function 1
1  cards
alias
Alias 1,
Alias p 2,
Alias a cmd alias a cmd1 cmd2 3
3  cards
read
Read 1,
Read a array assign the words rea...
2  cards
seq
Seq 1,
Seq f s w 2
2  cards
exec
Exec 1,
Exec a name c l 2
2  cards
xhost
Xhost 1,
Xhost options name name nothing 2
2  cards
xauth
Xauth 1,
Xauth f authfilename v q i b n 2,
Xauth command arg 3
4  cards
chage
Chage 1,
Chage d e i l 2,
Chage m m r w 3
3  cards
getent
Getent 1,
Getent i no idn disable idn encod...
2  cards
groupadd
Groupadd 1,
Groupadd f g k o p r r 2
2  cards
groupdel
Groupdel 1,
Groupdel r f 2
2  cards
groupmod
Groupmod 1,
Groupmod g gid gid n new name new...
2  cards
passwd
Passwd 1,
Passwd a d e k i l n 2,
Passwd q r r s u w x 3
3  cards
useradd
Useradd 1,
Useradd b c d d e f 2,
Useradd g gid group set primary g...
4  cards
userdel
Userdel 1,
Userdel f r r z 2
2  cards
usermod
Usermod 1,
Usermod c d e f g g 2,
Usermod a append append the user ...
4  cards
crontab
Crontab 1,
Crontab u user l r e i 2
2  cards
at
At 1,
At q m f l d v c t 2
2  cards
atq
Atq 1
1  cards
atrm
Atrm 1
1  cards
systemd-run
Systemd run 1,
System d h host user host operate...,
Systemd run no ask password user ...
5  cards
tzselect
Tzselect 1,
Tzselect c coord coord should be ...
2  cards
timedatectl
Timedatectl 1,
Timedatectl no pager no ask passw...,
Timedatectl commands 3
3  cards
date
Date 1,
Date d date string display time d...,
Date format a literal a locale s ...
3  cards
iconv
Iconv 1,
Iconv input output format specifi...
2  cards
hwclock
Hwclock 1,
Hwclock function r show display t...,
Hwclock options u utc the rtc tim...
3  cards
ntpdate
Ntpdate 1
1  cards
chronyc
Chronyc 1
1  cards
logger
Logger 1,
Logger i log the logger command s...,
Logger t tcp use tcp only d udp u...
3  cards
logrotate
Logrotate 1,
Logrotate d debug f force m mail ...,
Logrotate directives 3
7  cards
systemd-cat
Systemd cat 1,
Systemd cat t identifier string p...,
Syslog priority 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3
3  cards
newaliases
Newaliases 1
1  cards
mail
Mail 1,
Mail a specify additional header ...
2  cards
mailq
Mailq 1
1  cards
lpr & lprm & lpq
Lpr 1,
Lpr options e force encryption h ...,
Lpr o options collate true fit to...
8  cards
nmcli
Nmcli 1,
Nmcli options o verview overview ...,
Nmcli object g eneral networkmana...
3  cards
hostnamectl
Hostnamectl 1,
Hsotnamectl no ask password h hos...
2  cards
ifup & ifdown
Ifup 1,
Ifup a all process all interfaces...,
Ifdown 3
4  cards
ip
Ip 1,
Ip options h human human readable...,
Ip options o oneline output each ...
4  cards
hostname
Hostname 1,
Hostname a alias alias names a al...
2  cards
ss
Ss 1,
Ss options n numeric don t resolv...,
Ss options z context display proc...
4  cards
ping & ping6
Ping 1,
Ping 4 ipv4 only 6 ipv6 only a au...,
Ping r bypass the normal routing ...
4  cards
traceroute & traceroute6
Traceroute 1,
Tracerout 4 or tracerout 6 2,
Tracerout f wwwasfdcom 3
10  cards
tracepath & tracepath6
Tracepath 1,
Tracepath 4 6 n b l m p 2
2  cards
netcat
Netcat 1,
Nc c shell commands use bin sh to...,
Nc s addr local source address t ...
3  cards
ifconfig
Ifconfig 1,
Ifconfig a display all interfaces...,
Ifconfig interface aftype 3
3  cards
netstat
Netstat 1,
Netstat r route display routing t...,
Netstat options a protcol family ...
4  cards
route
Route 1,
Route a family f operate using fi...
2  cards
host
Host 1,
Host a all c check consistency d ...
2  cards
dig
Dig 1,
Dig options 2
2  cards
fuser
0  cards
lsof
0  cards
nmap
0  cards
sudo
0  cards
su
0  cards
ulimit
0  cards
who & w & last
0  cards
ssh
0  cards
ssh-keygen
0  cards
ssh-agent
0  cards
ssh-add
0  cards
gpg
0  cards
gpg-agent
0  cards
reboot & halt
0  cards
pmap & cmp
0  cards
wget
0  cards
clear
0  cards
scp
0  cards
sleep
0  cards
logout & exit
0  cards
shred
0  cards
finger
0  cards
curl
0  cards
awk
0  cards
service
0  cards

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