Linux/1-Commands

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Command Arguments Info Example
dir -Flah list folder content dir -Flah
cat %file show file content cat config.txt
nano (%file) file editor nano
vi(m) %file file editor vi config.txt
mkdir %dir create dir mkdir /var/test
rm %file remove file/dir rm autoexec.bat
cp %from %to copy
mv %from %to move
dd if=%in of=%out low level copy dd if=/dev/sda2 of=/dev/sdb2
locate %file locate file locate fstab
updatedb update locate database
find / -n %filename search for file


  • system info
    • uname -a
    • free -m
    • fdisk -l
    • df -Th
    • du
    • ifconfig
    • top
    • vnstat
    • who, w
    • pwd


  • runlevel
    • runlevel
    • init 2
    • halt
    • reboot


  • network
    • pppoeconf
    • wget
    • dig
    • whois
    • nslookup
    • finger
    • route -n
    • iwconfig
    • iwlist scan


  • apt
    • apt-get install <package> (-s = simulation)
    • apt-get update
    • apt-get upgrade
    • apt-get dist-upgrade
    • aptitude
    • dpkg -c
    • dpkg --get-selections
    • /etc/apt/sources.list


config files

  • /boot/grub/menu.lst
  • /etc/apache2/*.conf
  • /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf
  • /etc/network/interfaces
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1
  • /etc/rcX.d [Runlevel scripts K=Kill S=Start]
  • /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  • /etc/samba/smb.conf


  • /etc/fstab
  • /etc/hostname
  • /etc/hosts
  • /etc/inittab
  • /etc/resolv.conf