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Used to check whether the calling program has access to a specified file. It can be used to check whether a file exists or not

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access

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Used to turn on or turn off the process for accounting or change info process accounting file

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accton

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Used to automatically generate aclocal.m4 files from configure.in file

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aclocal

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Used to display the battery status and other ACPI information

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acpi

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What does ACPI stand for?

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Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

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Used to display the battery status and other ACPI information

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acpi

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Tests whether ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) subsystem is available or not

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acpi available

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It provides intelligent power management on a system and is used to notify the user-space programs about the ACPI events

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acpid

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Used to convert addresses into file names and line numbers

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addr2line

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It is a Linux version of getty, which is a Unix program running on a host computer that manages physical or virtual terminals to allow multi-user access

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agetty

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Instructs the shell to replace one string with another string while executing the commands

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alias

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It is a command-line mixer for ALSA(Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) sound-card driver

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amixer

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It is a command-line audio player for ALSA(Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) sound card drivers.

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aplay

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Used to play standard MIDI(Musical Instrument Digital Interface) files, by sending the content of a MIDI file to an ALSA(Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) MIDI port

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aplaymidi

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It helps the user when they don’t remember the exact command but knows a few keywords related to the command that define its uses or functionality

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apropos

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Provides a high-level CLI (Command Line Interface) for the package management system and is intended as an interface for the end user which enables some options better suited for interactive usage by default compared to more specialized APT tools like apt-cache and apt-get

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apt

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It is a command-line tool which helps in handling packages in Linux

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apt-get

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Opens up a highly built-in interface to interact with the package manager of the machine

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aptitude

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Used to create, modify and extract the files from the archives

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ar

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Used to print the computer architecture

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arch

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It manipulates the System’s ARP cache. It also allows a complete dump of the ARP cache

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arp

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Used as a spell checker in Linux

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aspell

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It is a job scheduler daemon that runs jobs scheduled for later execution

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atd

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Used to remove the specified jobs. To remove a job, its job number is passed in the command

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atrm

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It displays the list of pending jobs which are scheduled by the user
atq
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Used in Linux to generate configuration scripts
autoconf
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Used to create a template file of C “#define” or any other template header for configure to use
autoheader
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Used for automatically generating Makefile.in files compliant with the set GNU Coding Standards
automake
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Used to create automatically buildable source code for Unix-like systems
autoreconf
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Used to update configure.in file in our Linux system to a newer Autoconf.
autoupdate
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It is a scripting language used for manipulating data and generating reports
awk
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Used to print the ASCII character string in large letter to standrad output
banner
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It strips directory information and suffixes from file names i.e. it prints the file name NAME with any leading directory components removed
basename
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Used to read commands from standard input or a specified file and execute them when system load levels permit i.e. when the load average drops below 1.5
batch
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Used for command line calculator
used for command line calculator
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Used to place foreground jobs in background
bg
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A mail notification system for unix that notifies the user at the command line when new mail arrives and tells from whom it is
biff
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Used to set Readline key bindings and variables
bind
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It is basically a parser generator similar to yacc
bison
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Used to terminate the execution of for loop, while loop and until loop
break
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Used to run a shell builtin, passing it arguments(args), and also to get the exit status
builtin
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Used to invoke the cmp utility on bzip2 compressed files
bzcmp
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Used to compare the bzip2 compressed files
bzdiff
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Used to search for a pattern or an expression but inside a bzip2-compressed file
bzgrep
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Used to compress and decompress the files
bzip2
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It does not have to read the entire input file before starting, so with a large file, it starts up faster
bzless
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Used as a filter for CRT viewing of bzip2 compressed files, which are saved with .bz2 suffix
bzmore
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Used to see the calendar of a specific month or a whole year. By default, it shows current month’s calendar as output
cal
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It is the best alternative when we had to use multiple if/elif on a single variable
case
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Reads data from file and gives their content as output. It helps us to create, view, concatenate files
cat
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It is used to compile the C language codes and create executables
cc
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It is a command line tool for encryption and decryption of data
ccrypt
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Known as change directory command. It is used to change current working directory
cd
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It displays or manipulates the disk partition table by providing a text-based “graphical” interface
cfdisk
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Used to view and change the user password expiry information
chage
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It is a file system command which is used for changing the attributes of a file in a directory
chattr
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It allows you to change a user’s name and other details easily. chfn stands for Change finger
chfn
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Used to change the group ownership of a file or directory
chgrp
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Used to list all available services and view or update their run level settings
chkconfig
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Used to change the access mode of a file
chmod
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Used to change the file Owner or group
chown
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Used to change password for multiple users at a time
chpasswd
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Used to change the root directory
chroot
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Used for manipulating the real-time attributes of a process
chrt
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Used to change the user’s login shell(currently login shell)
chsh
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Used to switch between the different TTY (TeleTYpewriter) terminals available
chvt
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Used to display a CRC(Cyclic Redundancy Check) value, the byte size of the file and the name of the file to standard output
cksum
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Used to clear the terminal screen
clear
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Used to compare the two files byte by byte and helps you to find out whether the two files are identical or not
cmp
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It is used to filter out reverse line feeds. The col utility simply reads from the standard input and writes to standard output
col
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Used to format the text processor output so that it can be viewed on Cathode Ray Tube displays
colcrt
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Removes selected columns from a file
colrm
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Used to display the contents of a file in columns
column
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Compares two sorted files line by line and write to standard output; the lines that are common and the lines that are unique
comm
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Used to reduce the file size. After compression, the file will be available with an added .Z extension
compress
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Used to skip the current iteration in for, while and until loop
continue
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Used to copy files or group of files or directory
cp
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cpio stands for “copy in, copy out“. It is used for processing the archive files like *.cpio or *.tar. This command can copy files to and from archives
cpio
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It is automatically used by C compiler to transform your program before compilation
cpp
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A software utility, offered by Linux-like operating system which automates the scheduled task at a predetermined time
cron
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A list of commands that you want to run on a regular schedule, and also the name of the command used to manage that list
crontab
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Used to split any file into many parts as required by the user
csplit
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It allows quick access across the files (For example quickly seeing definition of a function)
ctags
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It is a type of scheduler for CUPS (Common Unit Printing System). It implements the printing system on the basis of the Internet Printing Protocol
cupsd
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A tool to transfer data to or from a server, using any of the supported protocols
curl
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For cutting out the sections from each line of files and writing the result to standard output
cut
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Used to store the history of a file. Whenever a file gets corrupted or anything goes wrong “cvs” help us to go back to the previous version and restore our file
cvs

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