LinuxCommands.net- Linux Command Line Dictionary

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10 Nov 2017
What does this command do? gzip is used to compress and expand files. linuxcommands.net/gzip/

What does this command do? groups is used to show which groups a user belongs to. linuxcommands.net/groups/

What does this command do? groupmod is used to modify the group setting. linuxcommands.net/groupmod/

What does this command do? groupdel is used to delete a group. linuxcommands.net/groupdel/

What does this command do? groupadd is used to create a new group. linuxcommands.net/groupadd/

31 Oct 2017
What does this command do? grep is used to search a file for a pattern. linuxcommands.net/grep/

29 Oct 2017
What does this command do? getopts is used to get options from a list of parameters. linuxcommands.net/getopts/

28 Oct 2017
What does this command do? awk is a pattern finding and processing language. linuxcommands.net/awk/

24 Oct 2017
What does this command do? fuser is used to list the process ids for all processes that have files open. linuxcommands.net/fuser/

19 Oct 2017
What does this command do? function is used in scripts to group commands together. linuxcommands.net/function/

17 Oct 2017
What does this command do? ftp is the file transfer protocol client. linuxcommands.net/ftp/

15 Oct 2017
What does this command do? fsck is used to check and repair the file system. linuxcommands.net/fsck/

11 Oct 2017
What does this command do? free is used to display the available and used memory of the system. linuxcommands.net/free/

What does this command do? for is used for the for loop. linuxcommands.net/for/

What does this command do? fold is used to fit the text from a file to a specified width in the terminal. linuxcommands.net/fold/

What does this command do? fmt is used to fill and indent lines of a given file. linuxcommands.net/fmt/

What does this command do? find is used to search for files within a directory tree. linuxcommands.net/find/

What does this command do? file is used to determine the file type for a selected file. linuxcommands.net/file/

What does this command do? fgrep is used to search the names or the contents of a file for a fixed string match. linuxcommands.net/fgrep/

What does this command do? fg is used to bring a processes to the foreground. linuxcommands.net/fg/