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Linux commands for newbie

On this page, I tried to list out all the articles related to specific Linux commands. This will be helpful for beginners or Linux newbies to learn and get familiar with Linux quickly. I will keep on updating this page as on when new articles are published on this blog. You can bookmark this page for quick reference!

Linux commands for beginners

  • ls : For listing files and directories
  • find : To search specific files in Linux
  • kill : Kill processes
  • script : Record Linux session
  • scriptreplay : Replay sessions recorded by script command.
  • rsync : Sync files and folders. An advanced tool for data copy
  • group management commands : Add, delete or modify groups
  • finger : View user details
  • alias : Define an alias for other Linux commands.
  • ln : Creating links in Linux
  • watch : Execute command repetitively
  • yum-cron : Yum automatic updates
  • tar : Creating tarball of multiple files/directories
  • gzip : Zip/unzip files and directories
  • renice : Change process priority
  • chage : Password aging control command
  • mailx, sendmail : Send email from Linux
  • sar : System resource utilization reporting
  • cut : Cut command for data filtering
  • crypt : Password protect a file in HPUX
  • who : Know user, run level details
  • bdf : bdf formatted output
  • pvcreate, pvdisplay : Create PV and view its details in LVM
  • pvchange, pvmove : Activate or de-activate PV in LVM
  • cmatrix : Beautiful matrix screen in Linux terminal
  • cowsay : Cow saying message ASCII art
  • userdd, userdel, usermod : User management
  • vgcreate, vgdisplay, vgscan : Create, check, scan volume group in LVM
  • vgextend, vgreduce, vgexport, vgimport : Sizing, export, import VG
  • vgcfgbackup, vgcfgrestore, vgchange : VG config backup and restore
  • vgremove, vgsync : Delete, sync VG
  • lvcreate, lvdisplay, lvremove : Create, check, delete logical volume in LVM
  • lvextend, lvreduce, lvchange : Sizing of LV
  • lvsync, lvlnboot : Sync, change attributes of LV
  • googler : Google search from the command line
  • sosreport : Red Hat system information collection tool
  • mkfs.xfs, xfs_growfs, xfs_repair, xfs_info : xfs file system administration commands
  • dd : Convert and copy command
  • grep : Search string/pattern in files
  • subscription-manager : Manage Red Hat subscription and hence packages on RHEL system
  • zypper : Package manager for Suse Linux

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