General Commands
This command displays the manual or help file for a Linux program.
Answer: What is man?
This command shows your current working directory.
Answer: What is pwd?
This command creates an empty file.
Answer: What is touch?
This command identifies the currently active user.
Answer: What is whoami?
This command displays IP address information on a Linux machine.
Answer: What is ifconfig or ip a
This keyboard shortcut stops a running program in the terminal.
Answer: What is Ctrl+C?
This command lists files and directories.
Answer: What is ls?
This command copies one file to another location or name.
Answer: What is cp?
This command switches to another user account.
Answer: What is su?
This command tests connectivity between devices by sending packets.
Answer: What is ping?
This command clears the terminal screen.
Answer: What is clear?
This command changes to the parent directory.
Answer: What is cd ..?
This command moves or renames a file.
Answer: What is mv?
This command runs a command with administrator privileges.
Answer: What is sudo?
This secure protocol is commonly used for remote login to Linux systems.
Answer: What is SSH?
This symbol sends the output of one command to another command.
Answer: What is the pipe (|)?
This command takes you to your home directory.
Answer: What is cd ~?
This command creates a directory.
Answer: What is mkdir?
This command installs software on Ubuntu-based systems.
Answer: What is apt-get install?
This networking tool can listen on ports or connect to another device.
Answer: What is netcat (nc)?
When viewing a file with less, pressing this key exits the file.
Answer: What is q?
This version of the ls command displays permissions, size, and dates.
Answer: What is ls -l?
This command removes a file.
Answer: What is rm?
This command shows previously entered terminal commands.
Answer: What is history?
This command displays active network connections and listening ports.
Answer: What is netstat?