Linux CLI Gems

A curated collection of useful Linux terminal commands

Essentials

ls List files in a directory
mv Move or rename files
cp Copy files and directories
rm Remove files or directories
cd Change the working directory
mkdir Create a directory

Text Processing

grep Search text inside files
sort Sort lines
cut Extract specific sections from lines
jq Work with JSON data
wc Count lines, words, and bytes in files
xargs Build and execute command lines from standard input

System & Network

ps View currently running processes
kill Terminate processes
du Estimate file space usage
df Report available disk space in partitions
curl Send HTTP requests

File Management

find Search for files
chmod Change file permissions
tar Create and extract tar archives
zip Create ZIP archives
unzip Extract ZIP archives