Basic Linux Commands » cyberfella ltd, since 2012.

Here are some Linux commands that everyone should be familiar with. In fact, you could argue that these are the first commands to memorise and build out your repertoire from there.

#BASIC LINUX COMMANDS

#Clear the terminal window
  clear
#Show kernel version
  uname -a
#Show all tunable kernel parameters in the /proc/sys directory
  sudo /sbin/sysctl -a
#Set a kernel parameter on the fly without persistence
  sudo /sbin/sysctl -w kernel.sysrq="1"
#Set a kernel parameter with persistence
  /etc/sysctl.conf
#Kernel parameters startup script
  /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
#Show network interfaces
  ifconfig
  ip addr show
#Configure network interface with persistence
  /etc/sysconfig/network
  /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
#Show all filesystems and space
  df -ah
#Show service status
  service udev status
  systemctl status udev
#How much disk space is used by a given directory
  du ~/Downloads
#What TCP and UDP ports is the listem listening on?
  netstat -tulpn
  sudo netstat -tulpn #gives more info on process name
#Show information about a given process
  ps aux | grep containerd
#Show free memory stats
  free
#List block storage devices known to the system
  lsblk
#Show mounted storage devices
  mount
#Show filesystems that should be mounted at boot
  cat /etc/fstab
#Mount everything in /etc/fstab
  mount -a
#Mount a block storage device
  mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
#LVM Commands
  pvdisplay pvcreate  pvremove  pvchange
  vgdisplay vgcreate  vgextend  vgremove  vgchange
  lvdisplay lvcreate  lvextend  lvremove  lvchange
  mkfs.ext4
#Copy files
  cp
  rsync
  dd
#Show command history
  history
#Look up a command
  man -k <search-string>
  man grep

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