Orion
2 min readDec 9, 2023

Peace good people,

Basic Linux Commands all newbies should take time to learn. This will help you out a great deal when navigating throughout the kernel. I've been working on them non stop within the cli of Ubuntu. Additional commands are out there but start with these and see how much power you will hold.

Peace to All.

Basic Linux Commands

Is – Displays information about files in the current directory.

pwd – Displays the current working directory.

mkdir – Creates a directory.

cd – To navigate between different folders.

rmdir – Removes empty directories from the directory lists.

cp – Moves files from one directory to another.

mv – Rename and Replace the files

rm – Delete files

uname – Command to get basic information about the OS

locate– Find a file in the database.

touch – Create empty files

ln – Create shortcuts to other files

cat – Display file contents on terminal

clear – Clear terminal

ps- Display the processes in terminal

man – Access manual for all Linux commands

grep- Search for a specific string in an output

echo- Display active processes on the terminal

wget – download files from the internet

whoami- Create or update passwords for existing users

sort- sort the file content

cal- View Calendar in terminal

whereis – View the exact location of any command types after this command

df – Check the details of the file system

wc – Check the lines, word count, and characters in a file using different options

Orion

Full Stack "Creative" who enjoys developing solutions for everyday use.