These commands appear in almost every Linux session. They are small, fast, and compose with pipes. Memorize their primary use first; flags and options come with practice and man pages. All examples assume a Bourne-compatible shell (bash).
Click a command for a quick definition
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ls
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pwd
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whoami
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hostname
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date
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uname
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echo
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clear
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history
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