| Category |
Linux command |
Description |
| Netwok |
nm-tool |
will output the information Network Manager has collected about your card. |
| Hard ware |
lshw |
prents information about hard wares with -C select the catagory |
| Network | lspci -nn | grep 0280 | prints informatin of wireless adapter |
| Wireless | pccardctl ident | Information about wireless adapter. |
| Netwok | lshw -C network | Prints netwok devices |
| Board | lspci | > lists information about devices on the pci bus. |
| USB | susb | lists information about devices on the USB bus. |
| Modules | lsmod | lists kernel modules that are loaded and running. |
| Modules | modprobe | runs or stops a module from running. |
| rf devices | rfkill list | prints information detailing whether there are software or hardware blocks on your rf devices. |
| Wireless | iwconfig | prints information about a wireless interface and allows you to configure the network interface from the command line. |
| Netwok | ip addr | similar to iwconfig |
| Wireless | iwlist | detailed information from the wireless interface. |
| copy | cp | copy from the target to the destination |
| 0 | crontab | to run the processes frequently in the given time |
| 0 | ctrl+Z | interrupt a process runing in the foreground |
| 0 | crtl+C | stop a process runing in the foreground |
| 0 | df | show partitions of hard disk |
| 0 | du | estimate file space usag |
| 0 | fg | put the background program to the foreground |
| 0 | file | showt file types |
| find | find | find the file in this directory |
| 0 | free | Display amount of free and used memory in the system |
| 0 | fsck | check and repair Linux file systems |
| find | grep | use with ls to find the file |
| 0 | groupadd | creating group you must be root |
| 0 | groups | show the group of user |
| 0 | gunzip | decopress the gzip files |
| 0 | head | show the first part of the file |
| 0 | history | show the last n numbers history of bash |
| 0 | ifconfig | configure your network interface |
| 0 | id | print real and effective user and group IDs |
| 0 | jobs | list the background programs |
| 0 | kill | end the numbered process |
| 0 | ldconfig | configure dynamic linker run time bindings |
| 0 | less | list the files partialy, continue with enter |
| shortcut | link | create soft links to the files |
| find | locate | list directories contains the file |
| dir | ls | list the files in the directory |
| new folder | mkdir | will create all the directories in the path |
| same as format | mkfs | format &build a Linux file system |
| 0 | mount | The command reports all the mounted devices |
| 0 | more | same as less |
| delete | mv | perminently delete file or direcotry |
| rename | mv | rename the file or direcotry |
| move | mv | moves the file or direcotry from source to the destination |
| netsate | netstate | show network statuss |
| 0 | passwd | changing password for the current user |
| 0 | ps | show runing porcess |
| 0 | pwd | show the current working directory |
| reboot | reboot | rebooting the system |
| 0 | renice | alter priority of runing process |
| delete | rm | delete files or direcotories |
| 0 | sleep | delay for the specified time in seconds(s),minutes(m),hours(h) |
| 0 | su | work as root and the user account,you will be asked for the root password |
| 0 | tail | show the end part of file |
| 0 | tar | decopress files tar.gz |
| 0 | tar | decopress tar.bz2 files |
| 0 | tar | decompress tar files |
| 0 | top | display linux tasks |
| makefile | touch | create the named file in the path |
| 0 | uname | print system information |
| 0 | uptime | since how long the system is runing |
| 0 | useradd | add new user you must be root |
| 0 | userdel | delete the user you must be root with -r will delete the home directory as well |
| 0 | vmstate | report virtual memorry statistics |
| 0 | w | who is logged on and what are doing |
| 0 | wall | send the message to every bodies terminal who is logged on |
| find | whereis | search a program or file and show the path |
| 0 | which | show the path of the program |
| 0 | who | show who is logged on |