| Displays MAC Address. | arp -a |
| Displays hostname and hostname's MAC address. | arp HOSTNAME_GOES_HEARE |
| Loads the BASH shell (Type exit in bash to return to your previous shell environment). | bash |
| Displays a text based calendar. | cal |
Displays all available shells on the device.
| cat (Or) etc (Or) shells
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| Allows you to change the directory by typing the directory path after the cd. | cd |
Clears the screen of the current text.
| clear |
| Copy file to a new file. | cp FILE NEW_FILE |
| Copy a file from one directory to another. | cp DIRECTORY NEW_DIRECTORY |
| Displays the current date. | date |
| Displays the file system as 1K blocks etc. | df |
| Displays domain information. | dig + DOMAIN_NAME_GOES_HEARE |
| List directory. | dir |
| List directory all. | dir -a |
| Turns off echo. | echo off |
| Turns on echo. | echo on |
| Exit the terminal environment. | exit |
| Displays the help page. | help |
| Displays TCP/IP information. | ifconfig |
| Close an application you click on. | killx |
| Close an application when you can not see it onscreen. | killall APPLICATION_NAME_GOES_HERE |
| Locate any file or command. | locate STRING |
| List directory contents. | ls |
| List directory contents long format. | ls -la
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| List directory contents including hidden files. | ls -a |
| Make a new directory. | mkdir |
| Make multiple new directories. | mkdir -p FULL_DIRECTORY_NAME_GOES_HERE |
| Review text file, use "space bar" to move down the file and "q" to quite. | more FILE_NAME |
| Review the Linux system user accounts info, use "space bar" to move down the file and "q" to quite. | more ETC PASSWORD |
| Simple text editor. | nano FILE_NAME |
| Allows you to perform an echo test to an IP address or domain name. | ping IP_ADDRESS_OR_DOMAIN_NAME_GOES_HERE |
| List currently running process. | ps |
| List currently running process. | ps -a |
| List currently running process all. | ps -A |
List currently running process.
| ps -d |
| List currently running process. | ps -d -N |
| List currently running process. | ps -e |
| Print working directory. | pwd |
| Remove directory. | redir |
| Remove file. | rm FILE_NAME |
| Remove directory case sensitive. | rm -R DIRECTORY_NAME_GOES_HERE |
| Stop a job from running. | stop + JOB_NAME_GOES_HEAR |
| Execute commands as root user (Administrator). | sudo |
| Switch user to root user (Administrator). | sudo su
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| Install software. | sudo apt-get install
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| Displays the Bandwidth usage by host. | top |
| Displays the current time. | time |
| Allows you to trace IP address or domain name via hops across the network back to the source. | traceroute IP_ADDRESS_OR_DOMAIN_NAME_GOES_HERE |
| Command based editor. | vi FILE_NAME |
| Displays domain information. | whois |
