GNU/Linux Command-Line Tools Summary

GNU/Linux Command-Line Tools Summary

This document is an attempt to provide a summary of useful command-line tools available to a GNU/Linux based operating system, the tools listed are designed to benefit the majority of users and have being chosen at the authors discretion. This document is not a comprehensive list of every existent tool available to a GNU/Linux based system, nor does it have in-depth explanations of how things work. It is a summary which can be used to learn about and how to use many of the tools available to a GNU/Linux based operating system.

• Table of Contents
• 1. Introduction
   
• 1.1. Who would want to read this guide?
• 1.2. Who would not want to read this guide?
• 1.3. Availability of sources
• 1.4. Conventions used in this guide
• 1.5. Resources used to create this document
• 1.6. Feedback
• 1.7. Contributors


• 2. Legal
   
• 2.1. Disclaimer
• 2.2. License


• 3. The Unix Tools Philosophy
• 4. Shell Tips
   
• 4.1. General Shell Tips
• 4.2. The command-line history
• 4.3. Other Key combinations
• 4.4. Virtual Terminals and screen


• 5. Help
• 6. Directing Input/Output
   
• 6.1. Concept Definitions
• 6.2. Usage
• 6.3. Command Substitution
• 6.4. Performing more than one command


• 7. Working with the file-system
   
• 7.1. Moving around the filesystem
• 7.2. Working with files and folders
• 7.3. Mass Rename/copy/link Tools


• 8. Finding information about the system
   
• 8.1. Date/Time/Calendars
• 8.2. Finding information about partitions


• 9. Controlling the system
   
• 9.1. Mounting and Unmounting (Floppy/CDROM/Hard-drive Partitions)
• 9.2. Shutting Down/Rebooting the System
• 9.3. Controlling Processes
• 9.4. Controlling services


• 10. Managing users
   
• 10.1. Users/Groups


• 11. Text Related Tools
   
• 11.1. Text Editors
• 11.2. Text Viewing Tools
• 11.3. Text Information Tools
• 11.4. Text manipulation tools
• 11.5. Text Conversion/Filter Tools
• 11.6. Finding Text Within Files


• 12. Mathematical tools
• 13. Network Commands
   
• 13.1. Network Configuration
• 13.2. Internet Specific Commands
• 13.3. Remote Administration Related


• 14. Security
   
• 14.1. Some basic Security Tools
• 14.2. File Permissions


• 15. Archiving Files
   
• 15.1. tar (tape archiver)
• 15.2. rsync
• 15.3. Compression


• 16. Graphics tools (command line based)
• 17. Working with MS-DOS files
• 18. Scheduling Commands to run in the background
• 19. Miscellaneous
• 20. Mini-Guides
   
• 20.1. RPM: Redhat Package Management System
• 20.2. Checking the Hard Disk for errors
• 20.3. Duplicating disks
• 20.4. Wildcards


• A. Appendix
   
• A.1. Finding Packages/Tools
• A.2. Further Reading
• A.3. GNU Free Documentation License


• Bibliography
• Index

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