{"id":225,"date":"2024-09-10T06:03:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T06:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/support\/?p=225"},"modified":"2024-09-10T06:03:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T06:03:40","slug":"basic-linux-commands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/support\/basic-linux-commands\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Linux Commands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ls<\/code><\/strong>
Lists all files and directories in the current directory.
Example: ls<\/code> will show files and directories like Documents<\/code>, Downloads<\/code>, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cd<\/code><\/strong>
Changes the current directory.
Example: cd Documents<\/code> will move you into the “Documents” directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

pwd<\/code><\/strong>
Prints the current working directory.
Example: pwd<\/code> will output something like \/home\/diksha\/Documents<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

touch<\/code><\/strong>
Creates an empty file.
Example: touch file.txt<\/code> will create a new empty file named file.txt<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

mkdir<\/code><\/strong>
Creates a new directory.
Example: mkdir new_folder<\/code> will create a directory named new_folder<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

rm<\/code><\/strong>
Removes files or directories.
Example: rm file.txt<\/code> will delete file.txt<\/code>.
To remove a directory and its contents, use rm -r directory_name<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cp<\/code><\/strong>
Copies files or directories.
Example: cp source.txt destination.txt<\/code> will copy source.txt<\/code> to destination.txt<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

mv<\/code><\/strong>
Moves or renames files or directories.
Example: mv oldname.txt newname.txt<\/code> will rename the file, or mv file.txt \/path\/to\/destination\/<\/code> will move it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cat<\/code><\/strong>
Displays the contents of a file.
Example: cat file.txt<\/code> will show the text inside file.txt<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

chmod<\/code><\/strong>
Changes file permissions.
Example: chmod 755 file.sh<\/code> gives read, write, and execute permissions to the owner, and read and execute permissions to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ps<\/code><\/strong>
Displays currently running processes.
Example: ps<\/code> will show a list of processes along with their process IDs (PIDs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

kill<\/code><\/strong>
Terminates a process by its PID.
Example: kill 1234<\/code> will terminate the process with PID 1234.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo<\/code><\/strong>
Runs a command with superuser (admin) privileges.
Example: sudo apt-get update<\/code> updates the package list with root permissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

df<\/code><\/strong>
Shows disk space usage.
Example: df -h<\/code> displays the available and used disk space in human-readable format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

top<\/code><\/strong>
Displays real-time information about system processes.
Example: top<\/code> will show a live view of CPU, memory usage, and running processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

man<\/code><\/strong>
Displays the manual for a command.
Example: man ls<\/code> will show the manual page for the ls<\/code> command.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

lsLists all files and directories in the current directory.Example: ls will show files and directories like Documents, Downloads, etc. cdChanges the current directory.Example: cd Documents will move you into the “Documents” directory. pwdPrints the current working directory.Example: pwd will output something like \/home\/diksha\/Documents. touchCreates an empty file.Example: touch file.txt will create a new empty file […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhtechin.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}