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The Ultimate Linux Command Line Cheatsheet: Essential Commands for Beginners and Power Users
- The Linux command line is a powerful tool that offers direct control over the operating system, providing more flexibility and speed than graphical user interfaces.
- The article provides a comprehensive Linux cheatsheet covering essential commands and tools, from beginner basics to advanced management.
- Basic commands help you navigate and perform basic file operations, including pwd, ls, cd, clear, man, exit
- Understanding how to move around the Linux file system is crucial. Use cd, ls -a, tree, find, locate commands
- You'll also want to learn commands to manage files and directories, such as mkdir, touch, cp, mv, rm, rmdir
- To view and edit files, you can use cat, head, and tail to display the content of files, while nano and vim allow you to edit files.
- You can use commands like ls -l, chmod, chown, and umask to work with permissions and ownership on files.
- Networking is a critical part of Linux. Some essential networking commands include ifconfig, ping, netstat, ssh, etc.
- Process management allows you to control running applications/services. To view, manage, or kill processes, you can use ps aux, top, kill, pkill, htop.
- Different distributions use different package managers such as apt for Debian-based, and yum for Red Hat-based. Commands include apt update, apt upgrade/apt install/apt remove, yum update/yum install/yum remove.
- Linux has a set of commands and tools to process text files: grep, awk, sed, cut, sort. Combine commands using pipes for more powerful processing.
- For advanced users, you can use commands such as tar, cron, rsync, systemctl,iptables to get more control over the system.
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