CompTIA Linux+ XK0-005 All CLI Tools Flashcards

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treeDisplay a tree representation of directory structure.
routeShow/manipulate the IP routing table.
cdChange directory.
mdadmManage MD (multi-disk) devices for RAID.
ifconfigConfigure or display network interface parameters.
cURL / wgetData transfer tools supporting various protocols.
ddConvert and copy a file.
scpSecure copy (remote file copy program).
nsswitchService for configuring the handling of name service requests.
gzipTool for file compression.
lsblkList block devices.
echoDisplay a line of text.
vi / vimText editors with vim being an improved version of vi.
dig / nslookup / hostDNS lookup utilities.
teeRead from standard input and write to standard output and files.
awkPattern scanning and processing language.
fileDetermine file type.
mvMove or rename files or directories.
hostnameShow or set the system's host name.
sedStream editor for filtering and transforming text.
lsscsiList SCSI devices.
touchChange file timestamps.
mountMount a file system.
statDisplay file or file system status.
catConcatenate files and print on the standard output.
partedPartition manipulation program.
systemctlSystem and service manager.
sourceRead and execute commands from a file.
nmcliNetwork Manager command line tool.
WHOISQuery and response protocol for querying databases storing registered users or assignees of an Internet resource.
xargsBuild and execute command lines from standard input.
cpCopy files and directories.
nanoEasy to use command line text editor.
pvcreate / vgcreate / vgextendCommands for creating/extending physical volumes and volume groups in LVM.
tarArchive tool commonly used to group files into a single file.
wireshark / tsharkNetwork protocol analyzers.
duDisk usage - estimate file space usage.
fdiskManipulate disk partition table.
lvcreate / lvchange / lvextendLVM commands for managing logical volumes.
dfDisplay free disk space.
blkidLocate or print block device attributes.
findSearch for files in a directory hierarchy.
SCPSecure Copy Protocol for securely transferring files.
head / tailOutput the first/last part of files.
tracerouteTrace the route to a network host.
lsList directory contents.
xzCompress or decompress files using high compression.
pwdPrint working directory.
wcPrint newline word and byte counts for files.
printfFormat and print data.
cpioCopy files to and from archives.
cutRemove sections from each line of files.
rmRemove files or directories.
grep / egrepPrint lines matching a pattern.
tcpdumpDump traffic on a network.
netstatNetwork statistics utility.
bzip2File compression utility.
partprobeInform the kernel about partition table changes.
nc (netcat)Networking utility for reading/writing from/to network connections.
rsyncUtility for efficient file transfer and synchronization.
mkdirCreate directories.
SSHSecure Shell a protocol for secure remote login and other secure network services.
rmdirRemove directories.
trTranslate or delete characters.
pingSend ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts.
mtrNetwork diagnostic tool.
zipPackage and compress (archive) files.