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Linux Commands with Action
Linux Commands List
* aclocal: (automake)Invoking aclocal. Generating aclocal.m4.
* autoconf: (autoconf)autoconf Invocation. How to create configuration scripts
* autoheader: (autoconf)autoheader Invocation. How to create configuration templates
* autom4te: (autoconf)autom4te Invocation. The Autoconf executables backbone
* autoreconf: (autoconf)autoreconf Invocation. Remaking multiple `configure’ scripts
* autoscan: (autoconf)autoscan Invocation. Semi-automatic `configure.ac’ writing
* autoupdate: (autoconf)autoupdate Invocation. Automatic update of `configure.ac’
* awk: (gawk)Invoking gawk. Text scanning and processing.
* basename: (coreutils)basename invocation. Strip directory and suffix.
* cat: (coreutils)cat invocation. Concatenate and write files.
* chcon: (coreutils)chcon invocation. Change SELinux CTX of files.
* chgrp: (coreutils)chgrp invocation. Change file groups.
* chmod: (coreutils)chmod invocation. Change file permissions.
* chown: (coreutils)chown invocation. Change file owners/groups.
* chroot: (coreutils)chroot invocation. Specify the root directory.
* cksum: (coreutils)cksum invocation. Print POSIX CRC checksum.
* comm: (coreutils)comm invocation. Compare sorted files by line.
* config.status: (autoconf)config.status Invocation.Recreating configurations.
* configure: (autoconf)configure Invocation. Configuring a package.
* cp: (coreutils)cp invocation. Copy files.
* csplit: (coreutils)csplit invocation. Split by context.
* cut: (coreutils)cut invocation. Print selected parts of lines.
* date: (coreutils)date invocation. Print/set system date and time.
* dd: (coreutils)dd invocation. Copy and convert a file.
* df: (coreutils)df invocation. Report file system disk usage.
* diff: (diff). The GNU diff.
* dir: (coreutils)dir invocation. List directories briefly.
* dircolors: (coreutils)dircolors invocation. Color setup for ls.
* dirname: (coreutils)dirname invocation. Strip non-directory suffix.
* du: (coreutils)du invocation. Report on disk usage.
* echo: (coreutils)echo invocation. Print a line of text.
* env: (coreutils)env invocation. Modify the environment.
* expand: (coreutils)expand invocation. Convert tabs to spaces.
* expr: (coreutils)expr invocation. Evaluate expressions.
* factor: (coreutils)factor invocation. Print prime factors
* false: (coreutils)false invocation. Do nothing, unsuccessfully.
* find: (find)Invoking find. Finding and acting on files.
* fmt: (coreutils)fmt invocation. Reformat paragraph text.
* fold: (coreutils)fold invocation. Wrap long input lines.
* groups: (coreutils)groups invocation. Print group names a user is in.
* gzip: (gzip)Invoking gzip. Compress files.
* head: (coreutils)head invocation. Output the first part of files.
* hostid: (coreutils)hostid invocation. Print numeric host identifier.
* hostname: (coreutils)hostname invocation. Print or set system name.
* id: (coreutils)id invocation. Print user identity.
* ifnames: (autoconf)ifnames Invocation. Listing conditionals in source.
* install: (coreutils)install invocation. Copy and change attributes.
* join: (coreutils)join invocation. Join lines on a common field.
* kill: (coreutils)kill invocation. Send a signal to processes.
* link: (coreutils)link invocation. Make hard links between files.
* ln: (coreutils)ln invocation. Make links between files.
* locate: (find)Invoking locate. Finding files in a database.
* logname: (coreutils)logname invocation. Print current login name.
* ls: (coreutils)ls invocation. List directory contents.
* md5sum: (coreutils)md5sum invocation. Print or check message-digests.
* mkdir: (coreutils)mkdir invocation. Create directories.
* mkfifo: (coreutils)mkfifo invocation. Create FIFOs (named pipes).
* mknod: (coreutils)mknod invocation. Create special files.
* mv: (coreutils)mv invocation. Rename files.
* nice: (coreutils)nice invocation. Modify niceness.
* nl: (coreutils)nl invocation. Number lines and write files.
* nohup: (coreutils)nohup invocation. Immunize to hangups.
* od: (coreutils)od invocation. Dump files in octal, etc.
* paste: (coreutils)paste invocation. Merge lines of files.
* pathchk: (coreutils)pathchk invocation. Check file name portability.
* pr: (coreutils)pr invocation. Paginate or columnate files.
* printenv: (coreutils)printenv invocation. Print environment variables.
* printf: (coreutils)printf invocation. Format and print data.
* ptx: (coreutils)ptx invocation. Produce permuted indexes.
* pwd: (coreutils)pwd invocation. Print working directory.
* readlink: (coreutils)readlink invocation. Print referent of a symlink.
* rm: (coreutils)rm invocation. Remove files.
* rmdir: (coreutils)rmdir invocation. Remove empty directories.
* runcon: (coreutils)runcon invocation. Run in specified SELinux CTX.
* seq: (coreutils)seq invocation. Print numeric sequences
* shred: (coreutils)shred invocation. Remove files more securely.
* sleep: (coreutils)sleep invocation. Delay for a specified time.
* sort: (coreutils)sort invocation. Sort text files.
* split: (coreutils)split invocation. Split into fixed-size pieces.
* stat: (coreutils)stat invocation. Report file(system) status.
* stty: (coreutils)stty invocation. Print/change terminal settings.
* su: (coreutils)su invocation. Modify user and group ID.
* sum: (coreutils)sum invocation. Print traditional checksum.
* sync: (coreutils)sync invocation. Synchronize memory and disk.
* tac: (coreutils)tac invocation. Reverse files.
* tail: (coreutils)tail invocation. Output the last part of files.
* tar: (tar)tar invocation. Invoking GNU `tar’.
* tee: (coreutils)tee invocation. Redirect to multiple files.
* test: (coreutils)test invocation. File/string tests.
* testsuite: (autoconf)testsuite Invocation. Running an Autotest test suite.
* touch: (coreutils)touch invocation. Change file timestamps.
* tr: (coreutils)tr invocation. Translate characters.
* true: (coreutils)true invocation. Do nothing, successfully.
* tsort: (coreutils)tsort invocation. Topological sort.
* tty: (coreutils)tty invocation. Print terminal name.
* uname: (coreutils)uname invocation. Print system information.
* unexpand: (coreutils)unexpand invocation. Convert spaces to tabs.
* uniq: (coreutils)uniq invocation. Uniquify files.
* unlink: (coreutils)unlink invocation. Removal via unlink(2).
* updatedb: (find)Invoking updatedb. Building the locate database.
* users: (coreutils)users invocation. Print current user names.
* vdir: (coreutils)vdir invocation. List directories verbosely.
* wc: (coreutils)wc invocation. Line, word, and byte counts.
* who: (coreutils)who invocation. Print who is logged in.
* whoami: (coreutils)whoami invocation. Print effective user ID.
* xargs: (find)Invoking xargs. Operating on many files.
* yes: (coreutils)yes invocation. Print a string indefinitely.