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Basic Linux commands for beginners



1. man command:-man command is used to display the user manual of any command that we can run on the terminal.

2. pwd command:- The pwd command is used to display the location of the current working directory.

3. ls command:- The ls command is used to display a list of content of a directory.

4. mkdir commands:- The mkdir command is used to create a new directory under any directory.

5. rmdir Command:- It is used to delete the directory.

6. mv command:- The mv command is used to move files from the current path to their new path.

7. cp command:- cp command is used to copy files. For copying the folder use "cp -r folder_name".

8. touch command:- The touch command is used to create an empty file.

9. rename Command:- The rename command is used to rename files. 

10. find command:- The find command is used to find files or folders matching a particular search pattern. 

11. gzip command:- The gzip command is used to compress a file using the gzip compression protocol named LZ77 .

12. tar command:- The tar command is used to create an archive, grouping multiple files in a single file.

13. wc command:- The wc command is used to get useful information about a file or input it receives via pipes. 

14. echo command:- The echo command is used to print output the argument that that passed to it.

15. du command:- The du command is used to calculate the size of a directory as a whole and "du * " command is used to calculate the size of each file individually.

16. df command:- The df command is used to get disk usage information.

17. ps command:- The ps command is used to inspect all background running processes.

18. top command:- The top command is used to display dynamic real-time information about running processes in the system.

19. nano command:- The nano command is used to directly type characters into the file without worrying about modes.

20.  whoami command:- The whoami command is used to print the user name currently logged into the terminal.

21. who command:- The who command is used displays the users logged in to the system.

22. sudo command:- The sudo is used to run a command as root.

23. clear command:- The clear command is used to clear all the previous commands that were run in the current terminal.

24. history command:- The history command is used to get previously used commands which are stored in the history.

25. date command:- The date command is used to display date, time, time zone, and more.

26. cal command:- The cal command is used to display the calendar.

27. ssh command:-  The ssh command is used to create a remote connection through the ssh protocol.

28. ping command:- The ping command is used to check the connectivity between two nodes.

29. su command:- The su command provides administrative access to another user.

30. exit command:- The exit command is used to exit from the current shell.