cal // calendar

ncal
cal -j // julion calendar days elapsed since Jan 1 of the year
id
whoami
whoami --help
logname
echo $0 // shell being used to interpret the commands, shell is a
software
hostname // computer name
logname // currently login user name
uname // current system (OS) name
uname -a // current version and compilation date
history // list of commands from history
clear
uptime // time since boottime
date
date +"%
man // manual
top // system resources usage statistics
htop // formatted top
nano // a very basic file editor, Esc, :q! to exit

/* 20181025 */
pwd
ls
cd
/* relative vs absolute paths */
la -a /* . means current director, while .. means parent directory */
ls -al
file /* to check type of a folder/file */
which /* to locate installed binaries */
top /* to check status of runnning processes */
kill /* kill takes the pid and terminates that process i.e. kill 3241 */