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Start a new process in the background
&
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Create an alias •
alias
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Search Help manual pages (man -k)
apropos
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Search for and install software packages (Debian/Ubuntu)
apt
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Search for and install software packages (Debian/Ubuntu)
apt-get
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Search for and install software packages (Debian/Ubuntu)
aptitude
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Spell Checker
aspell
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Schedule a command to run once at a particular time
at
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Find and Replace text, database sort/validate/index
awk
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Strip directory and suffix from filenames
basename
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Base32 encode/decode data and print to standard output
base32
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Base64 encode/decode data and print to standard output
base64
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GNU Bourne-Again SHell
bash
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Arbitrary precision calculator language
bc
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Send to background
bg
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Set or display readline key and function bindings •
bind
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Exit from a loop •
break
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Run a shell builtin
builtin
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Compress or decompress named file(s)
bzip2
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Display a calendar
cal
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Return the context of any active subroutine call •
caller
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Conditionally perform a command
case
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Concatenate and print (display) the content of files
cat
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Change Directory
cd
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Partition table manipulator for Linux
cfdisk
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Change file attributes on a Linux file system
chattr
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Change group ownership
chgrp
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Change access permissions
chmod
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Change file owner and group
chown
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Update passwords in batch mode
chpasswd
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Run a command with a different root directory
chroot
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System services (runlevel)
chkconfig
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Print CRC checksum and byte counts
cksum
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Compare two files
cmp
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Compare two sorted files line by line
comm
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Run a command - ignoring shell functions •
command
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Resume the next iteration of a loop •
continue
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Copy one or more files to another location
cp
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Copy files to and from archives
cpio
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Daemon to execute scheduled commands
cron
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Schedule a command to run at a later time
crontab
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Split a file into context-determined pieces
csplit
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Transfer data from or to a server
curl
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Divide a file into several parts
cut
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Display or change the date & time
date
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Desk Calculator
dc
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Data Duplicator - convert and copy a file, write disk headers, boot records
dd
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Data recovery tool
ddrescue
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Declare variables and give them attributes •
declare
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Display free disk space
df
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Display the differences between two files
diff
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Show differences among three files
diff3
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DNS lookup
dig
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Briefly list directory contents
dir
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Colour setup for 'ls'
dircolors
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Convert a full pathname to just a path
dirname
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Display list of remembered directories
dirs
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Windows/MAC to UNIX text file format converter
dos2unix
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Print kernel & driver messages
dmesg
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Package manager (Debian/Ubuntu).
dpkg
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Estimate file space usage
du
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Display message on screen •
echo
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Search file(s) for lines that match an extended expression
egrep
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Eject removable media
eject
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Enable and disable builtin shell commands •
enable
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Environment variables
env
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Evaluate several commands/arguments
eval
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Execute a command
exec
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Exit the shell
exit
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Convert tabs to spaces
expand
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Set an environment variable
export
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Evaluate expressions
expr
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Do nothing, unsuccessfully
false
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Low-level format a floppy disk
fdformat
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Partition table manipulator for Linux
fdisk
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Send job to foreground
fg
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Search file(s) for lines that match a fixed string
fgrep
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Determine file type
file
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Search for files that meet a desired criteria
find
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Reformat paragraph text
fmt
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Wrap text to fit a specified width
fold
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Expand words, and execute commands
for
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File system consistency check and repair
fsck
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File Transfer Protocol
ftp
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Define Function Macros
function
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Identify/kill the process that is accessing a file
fuser
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Find and Replace text within file(s)
gawk
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Parse positional parameters
getopts
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Get file access control lists
getfacl
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Search file(s) for lines that match a given pattern
grep
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Add a user security group
groupadd
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Delete a group
groupdel
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Modify a group
groupmod
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Print group names a user is in
groups
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Compress or decompress named file(s)
gzip
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Remember the full pathname of a name argument
hash
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Output the first part of file(s)
head
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Command History
history
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Print or set system name
hostname
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Interactive process viewer
htop