Here is an alphabetical listing of the commands described in Chapter 5. This doesn’t constitute the entire Linux command set—check out the online manual and info pages for that—but it does list the commands you’ll probably use most of the time.
| Command
| Section
|
| ansi2knr
| Programming Commands
|
| answer
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| appres
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| apropos
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| ar
| Programming Commands
|
| arch
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| as
| Programming Commands
|
| at
| System-Administration Commands
|
| atq
| System-Administration Commands
|
| atrm
| System-Administration Commands
|
| atobm
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| audiocompose
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| audiosend
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| banner
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| basename
| File-Management Commands
|
| bash
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| batch
| System-Administration Commands
|
| bc
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| bdftopcf
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| biff
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| bison
| Programming Commands
|
| bitmap
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| bmtoa
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| bpe
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| cal
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| cat
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| cc
| Programming Commands
|
| cd
| File-Management Commands
|
| checknews
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| chgrp
| File-Management Commands
|
| chmod
| File-Management Commands
|
| chown
| File-Management Commands
|
| chroot
| File-Management Commands
|
| chsh
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| cksum
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| clear
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| cmp
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| colcrt
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| colrm
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| column
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| comm
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| cp
| File-Management Commands
|
| cpio
| System-Administration Commands
|
| chfn
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| cpp
| Programming Commands
|
| cron
| System-Administration Commands
|
| csh
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| csplit
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| ctlinnd
| System-Administration Commands
|
| ctags
| Programming Commands
|
| cut
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| date
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| diff
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| diff3
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| dir
| File-Management Commands
|
| diskd
| System-Administration Commands
|
| diskseek
| System-Administration Commands
|
| df
| System-Administration Commands
|
| dnshostname
| Networking Commands
|
| dnsquery
| Networking Commands
|
| du
| System-Administration Commands
|
| dumpkeys
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| echo
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| egrep
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| elm
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| elvis
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| emacs
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| env
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| etags
| Programming Commands
|
| expand
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| fastmail
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| faucet
| Networking Commands
|
| fdformat
| System-Administration Commands
|
| fdisk
| System-Administration Commands
|
| fdmount
| System-Administration Commands
|
| fdrawcmd
| System-Administration Commands
|
| fgrep
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| file
| File-Management Commands
|
| find
| File-Management Commands
|
| finger
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| flex
| Programming Commands
|
| fmt
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| fold
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| formail
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| free
| System-Administration Commands
|
| frm
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| fsinfo
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| fslsfonts
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| fstobdf
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| ftp
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| ftpcount
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| ftpd
| System-Administration Commands
|
| ftpwho
| System-Administration Commands
|
| funzip
| File-Management Commands
|
| fuser
| Networking Commands
|
| g77
| Programming Commands
|
| gawk
| Programming Commands
|
| gcc
| Programming Commands
|
| getfilename
| File-Management Commands
|
| getkeycodes
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| getlist
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| getpeername
| Networking Commands
|
| ghostview
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| gprof
| Programming Commands
|
| grep
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| grodvi
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| groff
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| grolj4
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| grops
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| grotty
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| gunzip
| File-Management Commands
|
| gzexe
| File-Management Commands
|
| gzip
| File-Management Commands
|
| head
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| hose
| Networking Commands
|
| host
| Networking Commands
|
| hostname
| Networking Commands
|
| httpd
| System-Administration Commands
|
| id
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| imake
| Programming Commands
|
| imapd
| System-Administration Commands
|
| inetd
| System-Administration Commands
|
| inews
| System-Administration Commands
|
| info
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| injnews
| System-Administration Commands
|
| innd
| System-Administration Commands
|
| ispell
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| join
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| kdb_mode
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| kill
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| killall
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| less
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| lilo
| System-Administration Commands
|
| listres
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| ln
| File-Management Commands
|
| locate
| File-Management Commands
|
| locatedb
| File-Management Commands
|
| lockfile
| File-Management Commands
|
| login
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| logname
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| look
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| lpq
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| lpr
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| lprm
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| ls
| File-Management Commands
|
| lynx
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| mail
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| make
| Programming Commands
|
| makedepend
| Programming Commands
|
| makefloppies
| System-Administration Commands
|
| makestrs
| Programming Commands
|
| makewhatis
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| man
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| manpath
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| mattrib
| Mtools
|
| mbadblocks
| Mtools
|
| mc
| File-Management Commands
|
| mcd
| Mtools
|
| mcookie
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| mcopy
| Mtools
|
| md5sum
| System-Administration Commands
|
| mdel
| Mtools
|
| mdir
| Mtools
|
| messages
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| metamail
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| metasend
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| mformat
| Mtools
|
| mimencode
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| minicom
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| mkdir
| File-Management Commands
|
| mkdirhier
| File-Management Commands
|
| mkfifo
| File-Management Commands
|
| mkfontdir
| File-Management Commands
|
| mkmanifest
| File-Management Commands
|
| mknod
| File-Management Commands
|
| mlabel
| Mtools
|
| mmd
| Mtools
|
| mmencode
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| mmount
| Mtools
|
| mmove
| Mtools
|
| more
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| mount
| System-Administration Commands
|
| mren
| Mtools
|
| mrd
| Mtools
|
| mread
| Mtools
|
| msgfmt
| Programming Commands
|
| mt
| System-Administration Commands
|
| mtest
| Mtools
|
| mtype
| Mtools
|
| mv
| File-Management Commands
|
| mwrite
| Mtools
|
| nice
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| newgrp
| File-Management Commands
|
| nohup
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| nroff
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| objcopy
| Programming Commands
|
| oclock
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| passwd
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| paste
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| pathchk
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| perl
| Programming Commands
|
| pico
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| pidof
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| pine
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| ping
| Networking Commands
|
| pkgtool
| System-Administration Commands
|
| pname
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| Pnews
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| popclient
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| postnews
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| pr
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| printenv
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| printf
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| printmail
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| procmail
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| ps
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| psbb
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| pwd
| File-Management Commands
|
| quota
| System-Administration Commands
|
| rb
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| rcp
| Networking Commands
|
| rdjpgcom
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| readmsg
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| readprofile
| System-Administration Commands
|
| reconfig
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| ref
| Programming Commands
|
| refer
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| relaynews
| System-Administration Commands
|
| renice
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| reset
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| resize
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| rev
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| rexecd
| System-Administration Commands
|
| richtext
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| rlogin
| Networking Commands
|
| rm
| File-Management Commands
|
| rmail
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| rmdir
| File-Management Commands
|
| rmmod
| System-Administration Commands
|
| Rnmail
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| rpcgen
| Programming Commands
|
| rsh
| Networking Commands
|
| rstartd
| System-Administration Commands
|
| rstart
| Networking Commands
|
| runscript
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| ruptime
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| users
| Networking Commands
|
| rwall
| Networking Commands
|
| rwho
| Networking Commands
|
| rx
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| rxvt
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| rz
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| sb
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| script
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| sdiff
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| sed
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| selection
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| sendmail
| System-Administration Commands
|
| sessreg
| System-Administration Commands
|
| setfdprm
| System-Administration Commands
|
| setterm
| System-Administration Commands
|
| seyon
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| shar
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| shelltool
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| showaudio
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| showexternal
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| showfont
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| shownonascii
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| showpartial
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| showpicture
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| showrgb
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| shrinkfile
| File-Management Commands
|
| size
| File-Management Commands
|
| skill
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| sleep
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| sliplogin
| Networking Commands
|
| smproxy
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| snice
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| sockdown
| Networking Commands
|
| soelim
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| sort
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| split
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| splitmail
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| splitvt
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| sq
| File-Management Commands
|
| startx
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| strace
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| strings
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| strings-gnu
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| strip
| Programming Commands
|
| stty
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| su
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| sum
| File-Management Commands
|
| sunst
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| superformat
| System-Administration Commands
|
| SuperProbe
| System-Administration Commands
|
| sx
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| sxpm
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| systat
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| sz
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| tac
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| tail
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| talk
| Networking Commands
|
| tee
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| telnet
| Networking Commands
|
| telnetd
| System-Administration Commands
|
| test
| File-Management Commands
|
| tftp
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| tload
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| top
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| tr
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| trn
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| troff
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| true
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| ul
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| umount
| System-Administration Commands
|
| unexpand
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| uniq
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| unshar
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| unsq
| File-Management Commands
|
| unzip
| File-Management Commands
|
| unzipsfx
| File-Management Commands
|
| updatedb
| File-Management Commands
|
| uptime
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| users
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| uucp
| Networking Commands
|
| uudecode
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| uuencode
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| uustat
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| uux
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| vi
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| viewres
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| vim
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| vrfy
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| w
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| wc
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| whatis
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| who
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| whoami
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| wish
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| wnewmail
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| write
| Networking Commands
|
| x11perf
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| x11perfcomp
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xargs
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xauth
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xbiff
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| xcalc
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xclipboard
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xclock
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xcmap
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xcmsdb
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xconsole
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xcpustate
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xcutsel
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xdfcopy
| System-Administration Commands
|
| xdm
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xdpyinfo
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xedit
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| xev
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xeyes
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xf86config
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xfd
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xfilemanager
| File-Management Commands
|
| xfm
| File-Management Commands
|
| xfontsel
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xfractint
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xfs
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xgc
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xgettext
| Programming Commands
|
| xhost
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xieperf
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xinit
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xkill
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xload
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xlock
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xlogo
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xlsatoms
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xlsclients
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xlsfonts
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xmag
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xman
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xmessage
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xmh
| Internet/Electronic-Mail Commands
|
| xmkmf
| Programming Commands
|
| xmodmap
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xon
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xpaint
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xpmroot
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xrdb
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xrefresh
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xset
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xsetroot
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xsm
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xsmclient
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xspread
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xstdcmap
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xterm
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xv
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xvidtune
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xvpictoppm
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xwd
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xwininfo
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xwud
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| xxgdb
| Programming Commands
|
| yacc
| Programming Commands
|
| yes
| General-Purpose Commands
|
| ytalk
| Networking Commands
|
| zcat
| File-Management Commands
|
| zcmp
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| zdiff
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| zegrep
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| zfgrep
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| zforce
| File-Management Commands
|
| zgrep
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| zmore
| Text-Processing Commands
|
| znew
| File-Management Commands
|
| zoo
| File-Management Commands
|