common_linux_commands

common_linux_commands

Linux commands - commonly used
𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀:
`man` - Skim through manual for better understanding.
`nano` / `vim` - Use nano for basic editing, vim for advanced editing.
`ls -l` - List files with detailed info.
`ssh` - Connect to remote machines securely.
`df` / `du -hs *` - Check disk space usage.
`chown` / `chmod` - Change ownership and permissions of files.
`dig` - DNS lookup to find IPs of hostnames.
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗨𝘀𝗲:
`history` - View command history.
`cd -` - Switch to the previous directory.
`xargs` - Build and execute commands from input, with parallel execution support.
`pstree -p` - Display the process tree with process IDs.
`pgrep` / `pkill` - Find and signal processes by name.

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮:
`find . -iname '*file*'` - Locate files by name.
`grep` / `ack` / `ag` - Search within files, with ag being the fastest.
`awk` / `sed` - Manipulate and format text.
`sort` / `uniq` - Sort and find unique lines.
`cut` / `paste` - Extract or combine columns of text.
  
𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴:
`top` / `htop` - View system performance and resource usage.
`netstat -lntp` - List all listening ports and associated processes.
`dstat` - Combined system stats view.
`strace` - Trace system calls and signals.
`lsof` - List open files and associated processes.