The top 50 Linux Commands You Must Know as a Regular User are
ls - view contents of directory (list)
pwd - path of the current directory
cd - change directory
mkdir - make new directory
mv - move files / rename files
cp - copy files
rm - remove files
touch - create blank new file
rmdir - delete directory
cat - list content of file to terminal
clear - clear terminal window
echo - move data into a file
less - Read text file one screen at a time
man - show manual of Linux commands
sudo - enables you to perform tasks that require administrative or root permissions
top - task manager in terminal
tar - used to archive multiple files into a tarball
grep - used to searching words in specific files
head - view first lines of any text file
tail - view last lines of any text file
diff - compares the contents of two files line by line
kill - used for killing unresponsive program
jobs - display all current jobs along with their statuses
sort - is a command line utility for sorting lines of text files
df - info about system disk
du - check how much space a file or directory takes
zip - to compress your files into a zip archive
unzip - to extract the zipped files from a zip archive
ssh - a secure encrypted connection between two hosts over and insecure network
cal - shows calendar
apt - command line tool for interaction with packaging system
alias - custom shortcuts used to represent a command
w - current user info
whereis - used to locate the binary, source, manual page files
whatis - used to get one-line man page description
useradd - used to create a new user
passwd - used to changing password of current user
whoami - print current user
uptime - print current time when machine starts
free - print free disk space info
history - print used commands history
uname - print detailed information about your Linux system
ping - to check connectivity status to a server
chmod - to change permissions of files and directories
chown - to change ownership of files and directories
find - using find searches for files and directories
locate - used to locate a file, just like the search command in Windows
ifconfig - print ip address stuff
ip a - similar to ifconfig but shortest print
finger - gives you a short dump of info about a user
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Top comments (2)
touchis actually for updating the last access date/time of a file. The fact that it creates the file if it doesn't exist is just a convenient side effectyes you are right !, but it can also be used for creating a file.