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Top 50 Linux Commands you want to Know as a daily User


1. ls - view contents of directory (list)
2. pwd - path of the present directory
3. cd - change directory
4. mkdir - make new directory
5. mv - move files / rename files
6. cp - copy files
7. rm - remove files
8. touch - create blank new file
9. rmdir - delete directory
10. cat - list content of file to terminal
11. clear - clear terminal window
12. echo - move data into a file
13. less - Read text file one screen at a time
14. man - show manual of Linux commands
15. sudo - enables you to perform tasks that need administrative or root permissions
16. top - task manager in terminal
17. tar - want to archive multiple files into a tarball
18. grep - want to searching words in specific files
19. head - view first lines of any document 
20. tail - view last lines of any document 
21. diff - compares the contents of two files line by line
22. kill - used for killing unresponsive program
23. jobs - display all current jobs along side their statuses
24. sort - may be a instruction utility for sorting lines of text files
25. df - info about system disk
26. du - check what proportion space a file or directory takes
27. zip - to compress your files into a zip archive
28. unzip - to extract the zipped files from a zip archive
29. ssh - a secure encrypted connection between two hosts over and insecure network
30. cal - shows calendar
31. apt - command line tool for interaction with packaging system
32. alias - custom shortcuts want to represent a command
33. w - current user info
34. whereis - want to locate the binary, source, manual page files
35. whatis - used to get one-line man page description
36. useradd - used to create a new user
37. passwd - want to changing password of current user
38. whoami - print current user
39. uptime - print current time when machine starts
40. free - print free disk space info
41. history - print used commands history
42. uname - print detailed information about your Linux system
43. ping - to see connectivity status to a server
44. chmod - to change permissions of files and directories
45. chown - to vary ownership of files and directories
46. find - using find searches for files and directories
47. locate - used to locate a file, just like the search command in Windows
48. ifconfig - print ip address stuff
49. ip a - similar to ifconfig but shortest print
50. finger - gives you a brief dump of information a user

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