What Are The Basic UNIX Ulilities / Commands?

  • pwd                                       print working directory
  • cd                                           change directory
  • mkdir                                    make directory
  • rmdir                                     remove directory
  • ls                                             list contents of directory
  • cat                                          display contents of files
  • cp                                           copy one file to another
  • rm                                          remove files
  • tput clear                           clear screen
  • who                                       display logged-in users’  names
  • date                                        display system date
  • ps                                             to check the status of a process head
  • mv                                          change name of a file/directory or move file from one directory to another
  • tail                                          to display from the end of a file
  • wc                                           to get the line,word and character count
  • chmod                                  to change the permissions of a file
  • more                                     to display the contents of a file
  • less                                        to display the contents of a file