2.less/cat/more = To open up a file. 3.cd = To go to the home directory. 4.cd \ = To go the base directory. (cd<backslash>) 5.cd .. = To go back a directory. (cd<space>..) 6.ls -lrth = To list a directory. 7.pwd = To show the current path of a directory. 8.id = To list a user id. 9.Gid = To list a group user id. 10.grep = To choose a particular pattern. 11.egrep = To choose multiple patterns. 12.fgrep = To choose out a statment Fast grep.
13.grep -v = To eliminate a String $less 14.grep -w = To choose a exact patterrn.. 15.netstat -na = To display a port id status. 16.traceroute = To check and return the status of a port id with 30 hops/bytes. 17.ps -ef = To list out process in a directory. 18.ps -eLf = To list out process in a directory. 19.top = To list out the process in a server. 20.prstat -a = To list the process in a server. 21.sed = To find and replace characters in a file eg: {sed 's/kumar/dilip/g'} 22.tr -s = To translate a character in a file eg: {tr -s '<' 'K'} 23.sort = To sort out a file.
24.uniq -c = To find the uniq details.
25.cut -d = Used to cut out a character in a file eg: {cut -d ':' -f1,2,3} f1,2,3 substitutes the columns in a file.
26 cut -c = Used to cut a file through the no of characters eg :{cut -c 100-200}
27.iostat -e = Used to find the errors in a server.
28.pcp -p = Used to find the network status.
29.ping = Used to ping a server or a host.s
30.awk = pattern language.
31.echo = To print characters or a space.
32.grep -il = to find out a pattern in a directory eg : {grep -il 'dilip' *1203*}
33.print = Used to print a pattern eg {print $4}.
34.wc -l = Used to count a file or a pattern.
35.bc = used to count no's eg {echo 2+3+5 | bc}
36.kill = Used to kill a process.
37.kill -9 = To force kill a process.
38.cron = To run a command or a script at a particular time.
39.at = To run a command at a time.
40.sighint 1,3,5= To initiate a signal.
41.du -sh = To check the total space.
42.df -h = To check the total free blocks in a server.
43.passwd = To change a password.
44.history -c = To clear history.
45.script {filename} = To store all the things done in a putty untill exit.
46.rm = To remove a file.
47.rmdir = To remove a directory.
48.chmod = To change the mode of a file {read,write,excute}.
49.head = To list out first 10 characters of a file.
50.Tail = To list out head 10 characters of a file.
51.CP = To copy a file.
52.MV = To move or cut a file.
53.Sa = To summarize a accounting information.
54.vmstat = To know the current running processes in a vmware station.
55.!! = To run a previous cmd for eg (!4 would run the last 4th entered cmd)
56.ld = Link editor.
57.w = To know the current user.
58.cmp = To compare a file.
59.xargs = To print up the previous line.
60.Pargs = To know the parent as well as the subprocess running for a particular proccess.
61.NF = To print up the nth field i.e{(asd sda dsad) in this 3 patterns awk '(NF -2) will print sda}.
62.NR = To print up nth row/line .
63.script {filename}= To record in a file whatever done in the putty (eg script dilip, will create a file dilip and start recording whatever done in the putty untill exit.)
64.diff = To differentiate two files.
65.uname = To know the current user of the system as well as the os version.
66.cat > filename= Wiil create a text file .
67.find = find pathname -name "errlg.*" for eg {find /app/logs/spool/ - name "errlg.*" -mtime -10 will print 10 days logs