Basic Linux Commands

There is the basic linux command and it's operation

• ls – List
  

  ls lists the contents (files and folders) of the current working directory.

• mkdir – Make Directory
  

  mkdir makes (or creates) a new directory.

• pwd – Print Working Directory
  

  pwd prints the current working directory.

• cd – Change Directory
  

  cd sets the given folder (or directory) as the current working directory for the current running session of the terminal

• rmdir – Remove Directory
  

  rmdir removes (or deletes) the given directory.

• rm – Remove
  

  rm removes the given file or folder. You can use rm -r to delete folders recursively.

• cp – Copy
  

  cp copies the file or folder from one location to another location. You can use its cp -r option to copy folders recursively.

• mv – Move
  

  mv moves a file or folder from one location to another location.

• help
  

  --help lists all the available commands in the terminal. You can use ‘-h’ or ‘–help’ (help has two hyphens here) option with any command to get help for that specific command.

• man – Manual
  

  man shows the manual page for the given command.

• who – Who Is logged in
  

  who shows the list of currently logged in users.

• exit
  

  exit ends the current terminal (bash) session.

• shutdown
  

  shutdown shuts down your computer. You can use shutdown -r to restart your computer.

You can refer this screenshots to get best understand of above commands

$ man ls