{"id":4961,"date":"2022-03-30T09:24:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T13:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cloudsurph.com\/?p=4961"},"modified":"2022-03-31T17:40:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T21:40:37","slug":"20-beginner-linux-commands-you-should-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cloudsurph.com\/20-beginner-linux-commands-you-should-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Beginner Linux Commands You Should Learn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now a days, Linux is used widely in laptops, tablets, smartphones, desktops, and even home appliances. We will check out 20 beginner Linux commands and you should try to learn them.<\/p>\n

20 beginner Linux commands you should learn<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Perception “distributions” in Linux<\/strong><\/h5>\n

For every, kind of user or customer Linux comes with a wide range of variants and expectations.<\/p>\n

The variants are the generic name of Distributions or distros. Every user can be downloaded and installed Linux distributions for free into your machine.<\/p>\n

There are most common Linux distributions given below:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. Ubuntu<\/li>\n
  2. Linux Mint<\/li>\n
  3. Manjaro<\/li>\n
  4. Fedora<\/li>\n
  5. Debian<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Why should you learn more about Linux and What is Linux?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Linux is a used server-based operating system and is common in embedded systems.<\/p>\n

    For example, Google Earth and Google Chrome are widely dependent on Linux.<\/p>\n

    Linux will make your development easier for the build server-side application.<\/p>\n

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    20 beginner Linux commands you should learn <\/strong><\/h3>\n

    First, you need to open the command line, now we go to list commands.<\/p>\n

    Below is a list of basic 20 beginner Linux command we are discussing:<\/h6>\n

    1. Command PWD<\/h4>\n

    pwd command is to find your current working directory path or folder where you are in.<\/p>\n

    PWD command will return to your current working path where is basically directory path starts with a forward slash(\/).<\/p>\n

    Example: \/home\/your-username<\/p>\n

    2. Command CD<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    cd command used for the get full directory name or files path and it will depend on your current working directory.<\/p>\n

    For example, you are in your directory \/home\/your-username\/documents you need to go to your Photos directory which is a subdirectory of Documents.<\/p>\n

    So, just you write the following command: cd Photos.<\/p>\n

    Although there are shortcut keys that helped to you quickly<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Cd: go to the <\/strong>straight\u00a0home folder<\/p>\n

    cd-:<\/strong> back to your before the directory<\/p>\n

    cd..:<\/strong> go to one directory up<\/p>\n

    You need to write the exact directory name because the Linux shell is case-sensitive.<\/p>\n

    3. Command Is<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    View the contents of the directory you need IS commands.<\/p>\n

    By default, this IS command will display the contents of your recent working directory.<\/p>\n

    If you need to see the other contents directories, then you should type just Is and the directory path.<\/p>\n

    For example, enter the line Is\/your-username\/Documents to view the content of the Documents.<\/p>\n

    Given below \u201cIs\u201d command variation that you need:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    You can use the below variation with the\u00a0ls\u00a0command:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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    • ls -a<\/strong>\u00a0command will show you the hidden files<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      4. Command cat<\/strong><\/h4>\n

      The Linux commands most frequently used is the cat <\/strong><\/p>\n

      One of the most frequently used Linux commands is the cat.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      It will show you the list of file names and his extension as like cat-file.txt<\/strong><\/p>\n

      You can use the\u00a0cat<\/strong>\u00a0command in a different way:<\/h5>\n
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      • cat > your-filename\u00a0<\/strong>will create a new file<\/li>\n
      • cat your-filename1 your-filename2>your-filename3\u00a0<\/strong>will join two files and contain the output of them in a new file (3)<\/li>\n
      • if you need to convert a file to upper or lower case then use,\u00a0cat your-filename | tr a-z A-Z >your-output.txt<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        5. Command cp<\/strong><\/h4>\n

        You need to copy files from the current directory to another directory then you need to use the cp command.<\/p>\n

        Example: cp screenshot.png<\/strong>\u00a0\/home\/your-username\/Pictures<\/strong>\u00a0would create a copy of\u00a0screenshot.png<\/strong>\u00a0into the\u00a0Pictures<\/strong>\u00a0directory.
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