Linux Commands Examples
A great documentation place for Linux commands
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passwd : change user password
su : change user ID or become superuser
mkfs.ext2 : create an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem
egrep : , fgrep, rgrep print lines matching a pattern
hexdump : , hd ASCII, decimal, hexadecimal, octal dump
loadunimap : load the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table
nohup : run a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty
dconf-editor : Graphical editor for dconf
find : search for files in a directory hierarchy
mysqlimport : a data import program
avconv : avconv video converter
airtun-ng : a virtual tunnel interface creator for aircrack-ng
chcon : change file security context
timedatectl : Control the system time and date
pdb3.3 : the Python debugger
pm-powersave : Put your computer into low power mode
lame : create mp3 audio files
fsck.ext3 : check a Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 file system
iconv : Convert encoding of given files from one encoding to another
partprobe : inform the OS of partition table changes
gst-launch-1.0 : build and run a GStreamer pipeline
ls : list directory contents
diff : compare files line by line
kerneloops : program to collect and submit kernel oopses to kerneloops.org
start-stop-daemon : start and stop system daemon programs
chfn : change real user name and information
qtchooser : a wrapper used to select between Qt development binary versions
debconf-escape : helper when working with debconf’s escape capability
ping : 6 send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts
MAKEDEV : create devices
touch : change file timestamps
unlink : call the unlink function to remove the specified file
ispell-autobuildhash : Autobuilding the ispell hash file for some dicts
fgrep : , rgrep print lines matching a pattern
xmllint : command line XML tool
which : locate a command
rename : renames multiple files
update-grub : stub for grub-mkconfig
rm : remove files or directories
lockfile-remove : command-line programs to safely lock and unlock files and mailboxes (via liblockfile).
mv : move (rename) files
stat : display file or file system status
mkfontdir : create an index of X font files in a directory
sha1sum : compute and check SHA1 message digest
alias :
apachectl : Apache HTTP server control interface
shasum : Print or Check SHA Checksums
transcode : LINUX video stream processing tool
chown : change file owner and group
scp : secure copy (remote file copy program)
fsck : check and repair a Linux filesystem
cweave : translate CWEB to C and/or TeX