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GNU/Linux terminal commands
Usual commands.
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man
Offers information about commands or files.What manual page do you want?
For example, try 'man man'.
man man
Information about command man,man rm
about command rm,man fstab
about file /etc/fstab.cd name
Change the current directory. Example:cd /home/
Change the current directory to /home/.ls
ls /usr/bin/
Display a list with files from the current directory, or from another directory.rm name
rm -rf name
Delete a file or a directory.touch name
Create file name.mkdir name
Create directory name.rmdir name
Delete empty directory name.chmod 755 name
Change permissions for access/writing/execution of file name; 755 - executable file; 644 - file can not be executed.cp name1 name2
cp -Rv name1 name2
Copy file or directory name1 in name2.mv name1 name2
Move file or directory name1 in name2. Works like cp, but the initial file or directory disappears.mount name1 name2
Mount a file system for accessing. Examples:mount /dev/sda1 /usbfs
Directory /usbfs must be created first and su might be needed, along with its password.mount /media/cdrom
File /etc/fstab must specify the file system associated with /media/cdrom.umount name
Unmount a file system.grep text name
Search for a series of characters in file name.grep -ri text *
Search for text in all present files, recursively (-r) and without considering large or small letters (-i).find name -name "*text*"
Search in the directory name, for files or directories which contain text in their name.tar -cf name.tar name
Store files from the directory name in archive name.tar.tar -xvf name.tar
Extract the files from the archive.gzip name.tar
gzip -dv name.tar.gz
bzip2 name.tar
bzip2 -dv name.tar.gz
Compression and extraction of archives.ln -s /usr/local/lib/... /usr/lib/...
Create a symbolic link between 2 files. Useful for the case in which an executable file doesn't find a library file.chown -R user directory
chgrp -R group directory
Change the user or group of a directory. Might need su first.cat name
cat name >> file
Display the contents of a file in the terminal or saving it into a file.ps -A|more
List all the processes that function.kill -9 #
killall -9 name
Finish process with number # or processes with name name.