Example Commands for Ubuntu/Linux
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look
The look utility displays any lines in file which conta...
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lshw
lshw is a small tool to extract detailed information on...
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lsns
lsns lists information about all the currently accessib...
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lsof
Lsof revision 4.89 lists on its standard output file in...
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luit
Luit is a filter that can be run between an arbitrary a...
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lzma
xz is a general-purpose data compression tool with comm...
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make
The make utility will determine automatically which pie...
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mawk
mawk is an interpreter for the AWK Programming Language...
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mdoc
The -mdoc package is a set of content-based and domain-...
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mesg
The mesg utility is invoked by a user to control write ...
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mkfs
This mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesyste...
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more
more is a filter for paging through text one screenful ...
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nano
nano is a small and friendly editor. It copies the look...
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nawk
Gawk is the GNU Project's implementation of the AWK pro...
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ncal
The cal utility displays a simple calendar in tradition...
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nice
Run COMMAND with an adjusted niceness, which affects pr...
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node
Node.js is a set of libraries for JavaScript which allo...
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open
openvt will find the first available VT, and run on it ...
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pftp
Ftp is the user interface to the Internet standard File...
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phar
The PHAR file format provides a way to put entire PHP a...
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pico
nano is a small and friendly editor. It copies the look...
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ping
ping uses the ICMP protocol's mandatory ECHO_REQUEST da...
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pkey
The pkey command processes public or private keys. They...
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pldd
The pldd command displays a list of the dynamic shared ...
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pmap
The pmap command reports the memory map of a process or...
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pvck
pvck checks the LVM metadata for consistency on PVs.USA...
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pwck
The pwck command verifies the integrity of the users an...
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rake
rake is a make(1)-like build utility for Ruby. Tasks an...
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rand
The rand command outputs num pseudo-random bytes after ...
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rarp
Rarp manipulates the kernel's RARP table in various way...
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ruby
Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and...
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rvim
Vim is a text editor that is upwards compatible to Vi. ...
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sadc
The sadc command samples system data a specified number...
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sadf
The sadf command is used for displaying the contents of...
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sftp
sftp is an interactive file transfer program, similar t...
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shuf
Write a random permutation of the input lines to standa...
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size
The GNU size utility lists the section sizes---and the ...
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sort
Write sorted concatenation of all FILE(s) to standard o...
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sshd
sshd (OpenSSH Daemon) is the daemon program for ssh(1)....
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stat
Display file or file system status. Mandatory arguments...
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stty
Print or change terminal characteristics. Mandatory arg...
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sudo
sudo allows a permitted user to execute a command as th...
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sync
Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage If one ...
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tabs
The tabs program clears and sets tab-stops on the termi...
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tail
Print the last 10 lines of each FILE to standard output...
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test
Exit with the status determined by EXPRESSION. --help d...
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time
time run the program COMMAND with any given arguments A...
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tipc
The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) prot...
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tmux
tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of ...
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tput
The tput utility uses the terminfo database to make the...
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