A brief dump of the linux commands that I can’t live without, and sometimes need a reminder on how to use. I use ubuntu, usually the latest ’stable’ release, so the example in this post and later updates will reflect that. Right now (last update) I’m running uBuntu 10.04
cat
Short for Concatenate. It’s designed for concatenating files. Use it like ‘type’ on windows for outputting file contents to the console.
Example: get the version of linux that you are running.
cat /proc/version
top
Top is the Task Manager of linux. Detailed description here. Use it to see what process is hogging your memory.
Example use:
top
wget
wget is for downloading files
Example use:
wget http://www.stuff.com/file.7z
rm
Delete stuff!
Example use: delete folder and contents
rm -f -r tempdir
find
Find stuff!
Example use: find ‘c’ files
find . -name '*.c'