Linux Commands 1102-M1

Question	Answer
traceroute	Trace Route use ping packets to gather route info, test connectivity also for use on Mac, Cisco, etc. Windows uses "tracert"
pwd	Print Working Directory display(print) the working/current directory
chmod	Change Mode change file/folder permissions chmod <octal><file> chmod 777 myfile.txt
chown	Change Owner change ownership of file/folder chown root:root report.txt
su	Substitute User switch to different user account su <username> su jennifer
sudo	Super User DO run command as specified user - essentially admin default is root, used before a command
vi	opens command line text editor with new doc. or specified file vi <filename> same as "nano"
nano	opens command line text editor with new doc. or specified file nano <filename> same as "vi"
grep	Global Regular Expression Print search for text patterns in a file, used by forensics grep <pattern>filename grep "money" report.txt
apt-get	Advanced Package Tool - get install, uninstall, upgrade, or repair software packages sudo apt-get install<pkg> sudo apt-get install firefox
dd	Disk/Data Duplicator copy/convert files at the Byte or block level, rather than files use the "if" & "of" arguments for input/output files
ls	used to display all directories & files in current directory ls -l is used for long list, displays file permissions user, group, other
yum	Yellowdog Updater Modified get updates from internet yum install<pkg> yum install firefox

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	Created by Lyndsay Badding about 1 year ago