Doug's Linux Notebook

Linux shell commands

The following is a list of some commonly used commands and a brief description of their use.

For more info on how to use a command, in a terminal window type man followed by a space and any command.

[doug@linux]$ man useradd


Linux shell command



Description


adduser

add a user to the system

cd (or cd /x)

change directory

chmod

change file permissions

cp

copy file

df

show disk free space

halt

shutdown the computer

ln -s

make a symbolic link

less

view a text file

ls

list directory contents

man

show manual page for a command

mv

move a file

mount

mount a file system or device

reboot

restart the computer

rm

remove a file

mkdir

make a new directory

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