Alphabetical Directory of Linux Commands
This directory of Linux commands is from Linux in a Nutshell,
3rd Edition.
A
agetty,apmd,apropos,ar,arch,arp,as,at,atq,atrm,
badblocks
cut
D
date
dd
debugfs
depmod
df
diff
diff3
dip
dirname
dmesg
dnsdomainname
grep
groff
groupadd
groupdel
groupmod
groups
grpck
grpconv
gs
gunzip
gzexe
gzip
H
logger
login
logname
logrotate
look
lpc
lpd
lpq
lpr
lprm
lpstat
lptest
ls
pcnfsd
perl
pidof
ping
pop2d
pop3d
portmap
powerd
pppd
pr
praliases
printenv
printf
rwhod
S
script
sed
sendmail
setfdprm
setsid
sh
shar
showmount
shutdown
size
slattach
tunelp
U
ul
umount
uname
uncompress
unexpand
uniq
unshar
update
uptime
useradd
userdel
znew
banner
basename
batch
bash
bc
biff
bison
bootpd
bootpgw
bootptest
bzip2
C
c++
cal
cardctl
cardmgr
cat
cc
cpp
cfdisk
chattr
chfn
chgrp
chmod
chown
chpasswd
chroot
chsh
cksum
clear
cmp
col
colcrt
colrm
column
comm
compress
domainname
dosfsck
du
dumpe2fs
dumpkeys
E
e2fsck
echo
egrep
emacs
env
etags
ex
expand
expr
F
false
fdformat
fdisk
fetchmail
fgrep
file
find
finger
fingerd
flex
fmt
fold
formail
free
fsck
fsck.minix
ftp
ftpd
fuser
G
g++
halt
head
host
hostid
hostname
hwclock
I
icmpinfo
id
identd
ifconfig
imake
imapd
inetd
info
init
insmod
install
ipchains
ipchainsrestore
ipchainssave
ipfwadm
iptables
iptablesrestore
iptablessave
ispell
J
join
K
kbd_mode
kbdrate
kerneld
kill
lsattr
lsmod
M
m4
mail
mailq
mailstats
make
makedbm
makemap
man
manpath
merge
mesg
mimencode
mkdir
mke2fs
mkfs
mkfs.minix
mklost+found
mkraid
mkswap
modprobe
more
mount
mountd
mv
N
named
namei
netdate
netstat
newgrp
newusers
nfsd
nice
nm
ps
psupdate
pwck
pwconv
pwd
Q
quota
R
raidstart
ramsize
ranlib
rarp
rcp
rdate
rdev
rdist
rdistd
reboot
renice
reset
rev
rexecd
rlogin
rlogind
rm
rmail
rmdir
rmmod
rootflags
route
routed
rpcgen
rpcinfo
rpm
rsh
rshd
rstat
sleep
sort
split
stat
strace
strfile
strings
strip
stty
su
sum
swapdev
swapoff
swapon
sync
sysklogd
syslogd
systat
T
tac
tail
talk
talkd
tar
tcpd
tcpdchk
tcpdmatch
tcsh
tee
telinit
telnet
telnetd
test
tftp
tftpd
tload
top
usermod
users
usleep
uudecode
uuencode
V
vacation
vi
vidmode
W
w
wall
wc
whatis
whereis
which
who
whoami
write
X
xargs
Y
yacc
yes
ypbind
ypcat
ypchfn
ypchsh
ypinit
ypmatch
yppasswd
yppasswdd
yppoll
yppush
ypserv
ypset
ypwhich
cp
cpio
cron
crontab
csh
csplit
ctags
gated
gawk
gcc
gdb
gdc
getkeycodes
getty
gprof
killall
killall5
klogd
ksyms
L
lastlog
ld
ldconfig
ldd
less
ln
locate
lockfile
nohup
nslookup
O
P
passwd
paste
patch
pathchk
runparts
runlevel
ruptime
rusers
rwall
rwho
touch
tr
traceroute
troff
true
tune2fs
ypxfr
Z
zcat
zcmp
zdiff
zdump
zforce
zgrep
zic
zmore