60 Linux Commands you NEED to know (in 10 minutes)

No lie, he literally condensed a whole 16 week semester of the Linux class I took a year ago at college in 10 minutes. Sir you are a scholar and a gentleman.

*First 58 commands* : SSH [00:00:05] Usage: ssh user@server Function: Connects to a Linux machine remotely. LS [00:00:18] Usage: ls, ls -l, ls -a Function: Lists files in the current directory, with options for detailed view and hidden files. PWD [00:00:32] Usage: pwd Function: Prints the current working directory. CD [00:00:35] Usage: cd path, cd .., cd Function: Changes the current directory to the specified path. Touch [00:00:51] Usage: touch filename Function: Creates a new file or updates the timestamp of an existing file. Echo [00:01:22] Usage: echo 'text' > file Function: Displays text or redirects it to a file. Nano [00:01:33] Usage: nano filename Function: Opens a file in the Nano text editor. Vim [00:01:44] Usage: vim filename Function: Opens a file in the Vim text editor. Cat [00:01:57] Usage: cat filename Function: Concatenates and displays the content of files. Shred [00:02:04] Usage: shred filename Function: Overwrites a file to hide its contents, and optionally deletes it. MKDIR [00:02:10] Usage: mkdir directoryname Function: Creates a new directory. CP [00:02:15] Usage: cp file destination Function: Copies files and directories. MV [00:02:20] Usage: mv file destination Function: Moves or renames files and directories. RM [00:02:25] Usage: rm file, rm -r directory Function: Removes files or directories. LN [00:02:38] Usage: ln -s file link Function: Creates a symbolic link to a file. Clear [00:02:46] Usage: clear Function: Clears the terminal screen. Whoami [00:02:51] Usage: whoami Function: Displays the current user’s username. Adduser [00:02:57] Usage: sudo adduser username Function: Adds a new user to the system. Sudo [00:03:02] Usage: sudo command Function: Executes a command with superuser privileges. SU [00:03:16] Usage: su username Function: Switches the current user to another user. Exit [00:03:22] Usage: exit Function: Exits the current session or shell. Passwd [00:03:32] Usage: passwd username Function: Changes the password for a user. APT [00:03:52] Usage: sudo apt update, sudo apt install package Function: Handles package installation and updates on Debian-based systems. Finger [00:03:46] Usage: finger username Function: Displays information about a user. Man [00:04:19] Usage: man command Function: Displays the manual page for a command. Whatis [00:04:34] Usage: whatis command Function: Displays a one-line description of a command. Which [00:04:40] Usage: which command Function: Shows the path to the command’s executable. Wget [00:04:49] Usage: wget URL Function: Downloads files from the internet. Curl [00:04:56] Usage: curl URL > file Function: Transfers data from or to a server. Zip [00:05:09] Usage: zip file.zip file Function: Compresses files into a zip archive. Unzip [00:05:16] Usage: unzip file.zip Function: Extracts files from a zip archive. Less [00:05:24] Usage: less filename Function: Views the content of a file one page at a time. Head [00:05:29] Usage: head filename Function: Displays the first few lines of a file. Tail [00:05:34] Usage: tail filename Function: Displays the last few lines of a file. CMP [00:05:36] Usage: cmp file1 file2 Function: Compares two files byte by byte. Diff [00:05:45] Usage: diff file1 file2 Function: Displays the differences between two files. Sort [00:05:50] Usage: sort filename Function: Sorts the lines of a file. Find [00:06:00] Usage: find directory -name filename Function: Searches for files in a directory hierarchy. CHMOD [00:06:17] Usage: chmod +x filename Function: Changes the file mode (permissions). CHOWN [00:06:24] Usage: chown user filename Function: Changes the owner of a file. Ifconfig [00:06:36] Usage: ifconfig Function: Configures network interfaces. IP [00:06:43]42 Usage: ip address Function: Shows and manipulates routing, devices, policy routing, and tunnels. Grep [00:06:47] Usage: grep pattern file Function: Searches for patterns in files. Awk [00:07:05] Usage: awk pattern file Function: A versatile programming language for working on files. Resolveconf [00:07:15] Usage: resolveconf status Function: Manages the system’s DNS resolver configuration. Ping [00:07:33] Usage: ping hostname Function: Checks the reachability of a host on an IP network. Traceroute [00:07:52] Usage: traceroute hostname Function: Traces the route packets take to a network host. Netstat [00:07:59] Usage: netstat, netstat -tulpen Function: Displays network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections, and multicast memberships. SS [00:08:10] Usage: ss -tulpen Function: Another utility to investigate sockets. UFW [00:08:15] Usage: ufw allow port, ufw status, ufw enable Function: Uncomplicated Firewall, a frontend for managing firewall rules. Uname [00:08:42] Usage: uname, uname -a Function: Prints system information. Neofetch [00:08:53] Usage: neofetch Function: Shows system information with an image. Cal [00:09:01] Usage: cal Function: Displays a calendar. Bc [00:09:10] Usage: echo "scale=2; 10/3" | bc Function: An arbitrary precision calculator language. Free [00:09:17] Usage: free Function: Displays the amount of free and used memory in the system. DF [00:09:22] Usage: df -h Function: Reports file system disk space usage. PS [00:09:30] Usage: ps aux Function: Reports a snapshot of the current processes. Top [00:09:39] Usage: top Function: Displays Linux processes.

Side note: "clear" (Ctrl+K) not only clears the viewport, but the history too. Therefore, if you wanna see what command you run before - it will be impossible. Instead, if you want to clear the viewport but retain the history, use Ctrl+L

As a network engineer, I thoroughly enjoy your videos and appreciate the effort and energy you put into them.

Get yourself a Linux cloud server with Linode!!: https://ntck.co/linode ($100 Credit good for 60 days as a new user!!) 🔥🔥Join the Hackwell Academy: https://ntck.co/NCAcademy 0:00 ⏩ Intro 0:05 ⏩ ssh 0:21 ⏩ ls 0:30 ⏩ pwd 0:35 ⏩ cd 0:51 ⏩ touch 1:23 ⏩ echo 1:32 ⏩ nano 1:42 ⏩ vim 1:56 ⏩ cat 2:02 ⏩ shred 2:10 ⏩ mkdir 2:15 ⏩ cp 2:26 ⏩ rm 2:28 ⏩ rmdir 2:38 ⏩ ln 2:45 ⏩ clear 2:50 ⏩ whoami 2:57 ⏩ useradd 3:02 ⏩ sudo 3:08 ⏩ adduser 3:15 ⏩ su 3:21 ⏩ exit 3:29 ⏩ passwd 3:50 ⏩ apt 4:12 ⏩ finger 4:20 ⏩ man 4:33 ⏩ whatis 4:55 ⏩ curl 5:05 ⏩ zip 5:13 ⏩ unzip 5:20 ⏩ less 5:29 ⏩ head 5:32 ⏩ tail 5:34 ⏩ cmp 5:42 ⏩ diff 5:50 ⏩ sort 6:00 ⏩ find 6:19 ⏩ chmod 6:24 ⏩ chown 6:34 ⏩ ifconfig 6:40 ⏩ ip address 6:47 ⏩ grep 7:02 ⏩ awk 7:26 ⏩ resolvectl status 7:31 ⏩ ping 7:57 ⏩ netstat 8:08 ⏩ ss 8:14 ⏩ iptables 8:24 ⏩ ufw 8:43 ⏩ uname 8:52 ⏩ neofetch 9:01 ⏩ cal 9:14 ⏩ free 9:21 ⏩ df 9:28 ⏩ ps 9:36 ⏩ top 9:40 ⏩ htop 9:44 ⏩ kill 10:03 ⏩ pkill 10:14 ⏩ systemctl 10:29 ⏩ history 10:35 ⏩ reboot 10:37 ⏩ shutdown

bro just taught me more than almost 7 weeks of college classes. Thank you, wish I had lecturers as passionate and well spoken like you.

Watching this in the bus, 30 min before my linux exam☠️

“If ur on arch ur on ur own”😂😂😂

1:27 > will replace content of existing file. >> will append.

My dad was watching me type “finger dad” and was looking at me like 🤨