Shell Commands

It is useful to know some of the most basic and commonly used shell commands.

• cat
• mkdir
• cp
• mv: move files or directories. similar to cp command but it deletes a copy of the file or directory from the source path.
• rm: remove files or directories
• touch create or update a file
• grep: used to search for the specified text in a file

File Permissions Commands:

• chown: change the owner of the file
• chmod: modify the access / permission of a user
• chgrp: change the group owner of the file

Basic Terminal Navigation Commands:

• ls
• ls -l
• ls -a: lists of all files including the hidden files, add -a flag
• cd
• du: show disk usage
• pwd: current working directory
• man: show manual of any command present in Linux
• tar