Return to Linux, Linux commands, Command line or PowerShell commands

See List of Unix commands for the full list.

• cat - Print Linux files to screen. Compared Windows command type or DOS command type

• cd - change directory

• chmod - Change Linux permissions - Change Linux file permissions, Change Linux directory permissions - See Linux file permissions

• chown - Change owner - Change Linux file owner - Change Linux directory owner

• find - Linux find - Find Linux files by pattern.

• hostname - Display Linux hostname or computer name

• ls - List items in a Linux directory

• less - Linux less command - The less command is considered to be a more powerful version of the Linux more command which is used to display information to the Linux terminal one page at a time.

• man - Show Linux manual - man pages

• more - Linux more command - The more command is considered to be a less powerful version of the Linux less command which is used to display information to the Linux terminal one page at a time.

• pwd - Print working directory - Display the current Linux directory

• tail - Display the last X lines of a Linux file

• whoami - Display current user's name - Linux username

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Linux commands - Most common Linux commands