Linux Flashcards
Linux command used for listing file system objects (similar to the dir command in Windows)
ls command
Linux command used to print the current directory
pwd command
Linux command used to change the directories
cd command
Linux command used to move files from one location to another
mv command
Linux command used to copy files from one location to another
cp command
Linux command used to delete files
rm command
Linux command used to display the amount of free disk space
df command
Linux command used to estimate the file space usage
du command
Linux easy to use command line text editor
nano
Old command that supports model editing
vi command
Linux command that supports normal, visual, insert, and command line mode (updated version of the vi command)
vim command
Text editor that provides less features and less complexity
pico
Linux command used to create, view, or concatenate files
cat command
Linux command used to search the file system or directory
find command
Linux command used to search for a string of characters within a specified file using regular expressions
grep command
Linux command used to switch users from the currently logged in user to another one in order to execute commands as that user
su command
Linux command used to switch to the root user in order to be able to execute commands using the root user’s privileges
sudo
Linux command used to create a new user
useradd command
Linux command used to modify the user’s account
usermod command
Linux command used to delete a user’s account
userdel command
Linux command used to change or reset the password of the user’s account
passwd command
Linux command used to add a new group
groupadd
Linux command used to modify a group
groupmod
Linux command used to delete a group
groupdel
