Command

Description

adduser
arch
awk
bc
cal
cat
chdir
chgrp
chkconfig
chmod
chown
chroot
cksum
clear
cmp
comm
cp
cron
crontab
csplit
cut
date
dc
dd
df
diff
diff3
dir
dircolors
dirname
du
echo
ed
egrep
eject
env
expand
expr
factor
false
fdformat
fdisk
fgrep
find
fmt
fold
format

Add a new user

Print machine architecture
Find and Replace text within file(s)
An arbitrary precision calculator language
Display a calendar
Concatenate files and print on the standard output
Change working directory
Change the group ownership of files
Tool for maintaining the /etc/rc[0-6].d directory hierarchy
Change the access permissions of files and directories
Change the user and group ownership of files
Change root directory
Print CRC checksum and byte counts
Clear terminal screen
Compare two files
Compare two sorted files line by line
Copy one or more files to another location
Daemon to execute scheduled commands
Schedule a command to run at a later time
Split a file into context-determined pieces
Divide a file into several parts
Display or change the date & time
Desk Calculator
Data Dump - Convert and copy a file
Display free disk space
Display the differences between two files
Show differences among three files
Briefly list directory contents
Colour setup for `ls'
Convert a full pathname to just a path
Estimate file space usage
Display message on screen
A line-oriented text editor (edlin)
Search file(s) for lines that match an extended expression
Eject CD-ROM
Display, set, or remove environment variables
Convert tabs to spaces
Evaluate expressions
Print prime factors
Do nothing, unsuccessfully
Low-level format a floppy disk
Partition table manipulator for Linux
Search file(s) for lines that match a fixed string
Search for files that meet a desired criteria
Reformat paragraph text
Wrap text to fit a specified width
Format disks or tapes

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fsck
gawk
grep
groups
gzip
head
hostname
id
info
install
join
kill
less
ln
locate
logname
lpc
lpr
lprm
ls
man
mkdir
mkfifo
mknod
more
mount
mv
nice
nl
nohup
passwd
paste
pathchk
pr
printcap
printenv
printf
ps
pwd
quota
quotacheck
quotactl
ram
rcp
rm
rmdir
rpm
rsync

Display memory usage

Filesystem consistency check and repair
Find and Replace text within file(s)
Search file(s) for lines that match a given pattern
Print group names a user is in
Compress or decompress named file(s)
Output the first part of file(s)
Print or set system name
Print user and group id's
Help info
Copy files and set attributes
Join lines on a common field
Stop a process from running
Display output one screen at a time
Make links between files
Find files
Print current login name
Line printer control program
Off line print
Remove jobs from the print queue
List information about file(s)
Help manual
Create new folder(s)
Make FIFOs (named pipes)
Make block or character special files
Display output one screen at a time
Mount a file system
Move or rename files or directories
Set the priority of a command or job
Number lines and write files
Run a command immune to hangups
Modify a user password
Merge lines of files
Check file name portability
Convert text files for printing
Printer capability database
Print environment variables
Format and print data
Process status
Print Working Directory
Display disk usage and limits
Scan a file system for disk usage
Set disk quotas
ram disk device
Copy files between two machines
Remove files
Remove folder(s)
Remote Package Manager
Remote file copy (Synchronize file trees)

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sdiff
sed
select
seq
shutdown
sleep
sort
split
su
sum
symlink
sync
tac
tail
tar
tee
test
time
touch
top
traceroute
tr
true
tsort
tty
umount
uname
unexpand
uniq
units
unshar
useradd
usermod
users
uuencode
uudecode
vdir
watch
wc
whereis
which
who
whoami
xargs
yes

Terminal window manager

Merge two files interactively
Stream Editor
Accept keyboard input
Print numeric sequences
Shutdown or restart linux
Delay for a specified time
Sort text files
Split a file into fixed-size pieces
Substitute user identity
Print a checksum for a file
Make a new name for a file
Synchronize data on disk with memory
Concatenate and write files in reverse
Output the last part of files
Tape Archiver
Redirect output to multiple files
Evaluate a conditional expression
Measure Program Resource Use
Change file timestamps
List processes running on the system
Trace Route to Host
Translate, squeeze, and/or delete characters
Do nothing, successfully
Topological sort
Print filename of terminal on stdin
Unmount a device
Print system information
Convert spaces to tabs
Uniquify files
Convert units from one scale to another
Unpack shell archive scripts
Create new user account
Modify user account
List users currently logged in
Encode a binary file
Decode a file created by uuencode
Verbosely list directory contents (`ls -l -b')
Execute/display a program periodically
Print byte, word, and line counts
Report all known instances of a command
Locate a program file in the user's path
Print all usernames currently logged in
Print the current user id and name (`id -un')
Execute utility, passing constructed argument list(s)
Print a string until interrupted