The Ultimate Linux Command List

This page is a megalist of linux commands. This document provides a little insight on some common and not so common linux commands and binaries.

  • GET - See lwp-request
  • HEAD - See lwp-request
  • MAKEDEV - is a program that will create the devices in /dev used to interface with drivers in the kernel.
  • Mail - is an intelligent mail processing system, which has a command syntax reminiscent of ed with lines replaced by messages
  • NMLaunchHelper -
  • NMLoadModules -
  • NetworkManager -
  • NetworkManagerDispatcher -
  • POST - See lwp-request
  • Wand-config - get information about the installed version of the Magick Wand
  • X11 -
  • a2p - takes an awk script specified on the command line (or from standard input) and produces a comparable perl script on the standard output.
  • ab - is a tool for benchmarking your Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server.
  • ac - prints out a report of connect time (in hours) based on the logins/logouts in the current wtmp file
  • accton - turns process accounting on or off
  • aclocal - GNU autoconf tool
  • acpi_listen - is a simple shell-friendly tool which connects to acpid and listens for events. When an event occurs, acpi_listen will print it on stdout.
  • acpid - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface event daemon
  • activation-client -
  • addcr - is a command-line utility that converts a unix-style text file to a DOS-style text file.
  • addftinfo - reads a troff font file and adds some additional font-metric information that is used by the groff system.
  • addpart -
  • addr2line - translates program addresses into file names and line numbers.
  • addr2name.awk - is an awk script emulates a little of the functionality of addr2line for those systems that don’t have it.
  • adduser
  • adsl-connect
  • adsl-connect
  • adsl-setup
  • adsl-setup
  • adsl-start
  • adsl-start
  • adsl-status
  • adsl-status
  • adsl-stop
  • adsl-stop
  • afs5log - uses Kerberos to obtain AFS tokens for the named cells
  • agetty
  • alsalisp
  • alternatives
  • anacron
  • animate
  • apachectl
  • apm - query Advanced Power Management (APM) BIOS information such as battery status and displays the output in human-readable format
  • apmd
  • apmsleep - go into suspend or standby mode and wake-up later
  • apr-config
  • apropos - searches a set of database files containing short descriptions of system commands for keywords and displays the result on the standard output.
  • apu-config
  • apxs
  • ar - create, modify, and extract from archives
  • arch - print machine architecture
  • argv0
  • arp
  • arping
  • arping
  • as - the portable GNU assembler
  • ascii-xfr - upload/download files using the ASCII protocol
  • aserver
  • ash - same as bash
  • aspell
  • aspell-import
  • at
  • atd
  • atq
  • atrm
  • atrun
  • attr
  • audit2allow
  • auditctl
  • auditd
  • aureport
  • ausearch
  • authconfig
  • authconfig
  • autoconf
  • autoheader
  • autom4te
  • automake
  • automake-1.4
  • automake-1.5
  • automake-1.6
  • automake-1.7
  • automake-1.9
  • automount
  • autopoint
  • autoreconf
  • autoscan
  • autoupdate
  • autrace
  • avcstat
  • awk
  • awk - pattern scanning and processing language
  • axfr-get
  • axfrdns
  • axfrdns-conf
  • b2m
  • badblocks
  • basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames
  • bash - Bourne-Again shell
  • bashbug-32
  • batch
  • bc
  • berkeley_db_svc
  • bg - resume a suspended job
  • bind - readline key and function bindings
  • bison
  • blkid
  • blockdev
  • bluefw
  • bluepin
  • bonobo-activation-run-query
  • bonobo-activation-sysconf
  • bonobo-slay
  • break - exit from within a for, while, until, or select loop
  • bsh - same as bash
  • build-classpath
  • build-classpath-directory
  • build-jar-repository
  • build-locale-archive
  • builtin -
  • bunzip2
  • byacc
  • bzcat
  • bzcmp
  • bzdiff
  • bzgrep
  • bzip2
  • bzip2recover
  • bzless
  • bzmore
  • c++
  • c++filt
  • c2ph
  • c89
  • c99
  • cacertdir_rehash
  • cal
  • callback
  • callgrind
  • callgrind_annotate
  • callgrind_control
  • captoinfo
  • cardctl
  • cardmgr
  • cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output
  • catchsegv
  • cc
  • cd - change directory
  • certwatch
  • cg_annotate
  • chacl
  • chage
  • change_console
  • chat
  • chattr
  • chcon
  • checkpolicy
  • checksctp
  • chfn
  • chgrp - change groupd ownership
  • chkconfig
  • chmod - change file permissions
  • chown - change user and group ownership
  • chpasswd
  • chroot
  • chrt
  • chsh
  • chvt
  • ci
  • ciptool
  • cjpeg
  • cksum
  • clear
  • clock
  • clockdiff
  • cmp
  • co
  • col
  • colcrt
  • colrm
  • column
  • combinediff
  • comm
  • command -
  • compare
  • compile_encoding
  • compile_et
  • composite
  • conjure
  • consolehelper
  • consoletype
  • convert
  • convertquota
  • cp - copy files and directories
  • cpan
  • cpio - copy files to and from archives
  • cpp
  • cpp - C Preprocessor
  • cpuspeed
  • crash
  • createtorrent
  • crond
  • crontab
  • cryptsetup
  • csh - C shell
  • csplit
  • ctags
  • ctrlaltdel
  • curl
  • curl-config
  • cut
  • cut - remove sections from each line of files
  • cvs
  • cvsbug
  • cytune
  • date - print or set the system date and time
  • date@
  • db_archive
  • db_checkpoint
  • db_deadlock
  • db_dump
  • db_dump185
  • db_load
  • db_printlog
  • db_recover
  • db_stat
  • db_upgrade
  • db_verify
  • dbconverter-2
  • dbiprof
  • dbiproxy
  • dbus-cleanup-sockets
  • dbus-daemon-1
  • dbus-glib-tool
  • dbus-monitor
  • dbus-send
  • dc
  • dc_client
  • dc_server
  • dc_snoop
  • dc_test
  • dd - convert and copy a file
  • ddate
  • ddcprobe
  • deallocvt
  • debugfs
  • dehtmldiff
  • delcr
  • delpart
  • depmod
  • desktop-file-install
  • desktop-file-validate
  • desktop-menu-tool
  • df - report filesystem disk space usage
  • dhclient
  • dhclient-script
  • dhcp6c
  • dialog
  • diff
  • diff-jars
  • diff3
  • diffstat
  • dig
  • dir
  • dircolors
  • dirname
  • dirs - displays a list of remembered directories
  • diskdumpctl
  • diskdumpctl
  • diskdumpctl_proc
  • diskdumpctl_proc
  • diskdumpfmt
  • diskdumpfmt
  • diskdumpmsg
  • diskdumpmsg
  • display
  • djpeg
  • dltest
  • dmesg - outputs what scroll the console during the last bootup
  • dmeventd
  • dmidecode
  • dmraid
  • dmraid.static
  • dmsetup
  • dmsetup.static
  • dnscache
  • dnscache-conf
  • dnsdomainname - show the system’s DNS domain name
  • dnsfilter
  • dnsip
  • dnsipq
  • dnsmx
  • dnsname
  • dnsq
  • dnsqr
  • dnstrace
  • dnstracesort
  • dnstxt
  • doexec - simply runs the executable with the argv list provided
  • domainname - show or set the system’s NIS/YP domain name
  • dongle_attach
  • dos2unix
  • dosfsck
  • dprofpp
  • du
  • dump
  • dump-acct
  • dump-utmp
  • dump.static
  • dump_cis
  • dumpe2fs
  • dumpkeys - dump keyboard translation tables
  • dund
  • e2fsck
  • e2image
  • e2label
  • ebrowse
  • echo - display a line of text
  • ed - is a line-oriented text editor.
  • editdiff
  • edquota
  • egrep - print lines matching a pattern but an extended regular expression pattern
  • eject
  • elinks
  • elvtune
  • emacsclient
  • enc2xs
  • env
  • env - run a program in a modified environment
  • envdir
  • envsubst
  • envuidgid
  • eqn
  • eqn2graph
  • erb
  • esd
  • esdcat
  • esdctl
  • esddsp
  • esdfilt
  • esdloop
  • esdmon
  • esdplay
  • esdrec
  • esdsample
  • espdiff
  • etags
  • etags.emacs
  • ether-wake
  • ethtool
  • ethtool
  • eu-elflint
  • eu-nm
  • eu-readelf
  • eu-size
  • eu-strip
  • evnode
  • ex - a text editor
  • execcap
  • execstack
  • expand
  • exportfs
  • expr
  • ext2online
  • factor
  • faillog
  • false - do nothing and return the status code for failure
  • fastjar
  • fax2ps
  • fax2tiff
  • fbset
  • fc-cache
  • fc-list
  • fdformat
  • fdisk
  • fgconsole
  • fghack
  • fgrep - print lines matching a pattern of fixed strings
  • file
  • filefrag
  • filterdiff
  • find
  • find-jar
  • find2perl
  • findchip
  • findfs
  • finger
  • finger@
  • fix-mouse-psaux
  • fixcrio
  • fixcvsdiff
  • fixfiles
  • flex
  • flex++
  • flipdiff
  • floppy
  • fmt
  • fold
  • formail
  • free
  • fsck
  • fsck.cramfs
  • fsck.ext2
  • fsck.ext3
  • fsck.msdos
  • fsck.vfat
  • fstab-sync
  • ftp
  • funzip
  • fuser
  • fxload
  • g++
  • gawk
  • gawk - GNU version of awk, same as awk
  • gcc
  • gcc - C and C++ compiler
  • gcj
  • gcjh
  • gconf-merge-tree
  • gconftool-2
  • gcore
  • gcov
  • gctags
  • gdb
  • gdb - debugger
  • gdbserver
  • gdbtui
  • gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders-32
  • gencat
  • gendiff
  • generate-modprobe.conf
  • genhomedircon
  • genhostid
  • genkey
  • genpolusers
  • geqn
  • getconf
  • getenforce
  • getent
  • getfacl
  • getfattr
  • gethostip
  • getkey
  • getkeycodes
  • getopt
  • getpcaps
  • getsebool
  • gettext
  • gettext - translate message
  • gettext.sh
  • gettextize
  • gif2tiff
  • gij
  • gindxbib
  • glib-genmarshal
  • glib-gettextize
  • glib-mkenums
  • glibc_post_upgrade.i686
  • glookbib
  • gmake
  • gneqn
  • gnome-keyring-daemon
  • gnome-open
  • gnomevfs-cat
  • gnomevfs-copy
  • gnomevfs-info
  • gnomevfs-ls
  • gnomevfs-mkdir
  • gnomevfs-rm
  • gnroff
  • go-rhn.sh
  • gobject-query
  • gpasswd
  • gpg
  • gpg-error
  • gpgsplit
  • gpgv
  • gpic
  • gprof
  • grefer
  • grep - print lines matching a pattern
  • grep-changelog
  • grepdiff
  • grepjar
  • grmic
  • grmiregistry
  • grn
  • grodvi
  • groff
  • groffer
  • grolbp
  • grolj4
  • grops
  • grotty
  • groupadd
  • groupdel
  • groupmod
  • groups
  • grpck
  • grpconv
  • grpunconv
  • grub
  • grub-install
  • grub-md5-crypt
  • grub-terminfo
  • grubby
  • gsoelim
  • gstack
  • gtar - GNU version of tar same as tar
  • gtbl
  • gtk-demo
  • gtk-query-immodules-2.0-32
  • gtroff
  • guile
  • guile-tools
  • gunzip
  • gunzip - expand files
  • gzexe
  • gzip
  • gzip - compress or expand files
  • h2ph
  • h2xs
  • hal-get-property
  • hal-set-property
  • hald
  • halt
  • halt
  • hardlink
  • hciattach
  • hciconfig
  • hcid
  • hcidump
  • hcitool
  • hdparm
  • head
  • hesinfo
  • hexdump
  • hid2hci
  • hidd
  • host
  • hostid
  • hostname - show or set the system’s hostname
  • hoststat
  • hotplug
  • hpftodit
  • htdbm
  • htdigest
  • htmlview
  • htpasswd
  • htsslpass
  • http@
  • httpd
  • httpd.worker
  • hwclock
  • hwclock
  • i386
  • i386-redhat-linux-c++
  • i386-redhat-linux-g++
  • i386-redhat-linux-gcc
  • ibmsphalt
  • ibmspup
  • iconv
  • iconvconfig
  • iconvconfig.i686
  • id
  • ident
  • identify
  • idn
  • ifcfg
  • ifconfig
  • ifdown
  • ifenslave
  • ifnames
  • ifrename
  • ifup
  • igawk - same as awk but with includes
  • import
  • in.fingerd
  • in.tftpd
  • indent
  • indxbib
  • inetdconvert
  • info
  • infocmp
  • infokey
  • infotocap
  • init
  • initlog
  • insmod
  • insmod.static
  • install
  • install-info
  • installkernel
  • instmodsh
  • interdiff
  • ip
  • ipcalc - perform simple manupulation of IP addresses
  • ipcrm
  • ipcs
  • ipmaddr
  • ipmi_ui
  • ipmicmd
  • ipmilan
  • ipmish
  • iptables
  • iptables-restore
  • iptables-save
  • iptstate
  • iptunnel
  • irattach
  • irdadump
  • irdaping
  • irpsion5
  • irqbalance
  • isamchk
  • isamlog
  • isosize
  • ispell
  • isql
  • iusql
  • iwconfig
  • iwevent
  • iwgetid
  • iwlist
  • iwpriv
  • iwspy
  • java
  • jcf-dump
  • join
  • jpegtran
  • jv-convert
  • jv-scan
  • jvmjar
  • jwhois
  • kbd_mode - report or set the keyboard mode
  • kbdrate
  • kbdrate
  • keyctl - Key management facility control
  • keyrand
  • kill
  • kill - terminate a process
  • killall
  • killall5
  • klogd
  • kmodule
  • ksh
  • ksh - Public domain Korn shell
  • kudzu
  • l2ping
  • last
  • last - last logged in users
  • lastb
  • lastcomm
  • lastlog
  • launchmail
  • lchage
  • lchfn
  • lchsh
  • ld
  • ld - combines a number of object and archive files.
  • ldconfig
  • ldd
  • lddlibc4
  • less
  • lessecho
  • lesskey
  • lesspipe.sh
  • lex
  • lftp
  • lftpget
  • lgroupadd
  • lgroupdel
  • lgroupmod
  • lha
  • libgcc_post_upgrade
  • libnetcfg
  • libtool
  • libtoolize
  • libusb-config
  • lid
  • link - call the link function to create a link to a file
  • links
  • linux32
  • lkbib
  • lket-b2a
  • ln - make links between files
  • lnewusers
  • load_policy
  • loadkeys - load keyboard translation tables
  • loadunimap
  • locale
  • localedef
  • locate
  • lockdev
  • lockfile
  • logger
  • login - sign on
  • logname
  • logresolve
  • logrotate
  • logsave
  • logwatch
  • lokkit
  • longrun
  • look
  • lookbib
  • losetup
  • lpasswd
  • ls - directory listing
  • lsattr
  • lsdiff
  • lshal
  • lsmod
  • lsof
  • lspci
  • lspgpot
  • lss16toppm
  • lsusb
  • ltrace
  • luseradd
  • luserdel
  • lusermod
  • lvchange
  • lvconvert
  • lvcreate
  • lvdisplay
  • lvextend
  • lvm
  • lvm
  • lvm.static
  • lvmchange
  • lvmdiskscan
  • lvmsadc
  • lvmsar
  • lvreduce
  • lvremove
  • lvrename
  • lvresize
  • lvs
  • lvscan
  • lwp-download
  • lwp-mirror
  • lwp-request
  • lwp-rget
  • lynx
  • lz
  • m4
  • mac2unix
  • mail - send and receive mail
  • mailq
  • mailq.sendmail
  • mailstat
  • mailstats
  • make
  • make - utility to maintain groups of programs
  • make_encmap
  • makedb
  • makeinfo
  • makemap
  • makemap
  • makewhatis
  • man
  • man - format and display manual pages
  • man - format and display the on-line manual pages
  • man2html
  • manpath
  • mapscrn
  • mattrib
  • mbadblocks
  • mbchk
  • mcat
  • mcd
  • mcheck
  • mcomp
  • mconnect
  • mconnect-io
  • mcookie
  • mcopy
  • md5sum
  • mdadm
  • mdel
  • mdeltree
  • mdir
  • mdmpd
  • mdu
  • memhog
  • merge
  • mesg
  • mformat
  • mgetty
  • microcode_ctl
  • mii-tool
  • minfo
  • mingetty
  • minicom
  • minilogd
  • mk_cmds
  • mkbootdisk
  • mkcramfs
  • mkdict
  • mkdir - make directories
  • mkdosfs
  • mke2fs
  • mkfifo
  • mkfs
  • mkfs.cramfs
  • mkfs.ext2
  • mkfs.ext3
  • mkfs.msdos
  • mkfs.vfat
  • mkinitrd
  • mklost+found
  • mkmanifest
  • mknod - make block or character special files
  • mksock
  • mkswap
  • mktemp - generates unique filenames for temp files
  • mlabel
  • mmd
  • mmount
  • mmove
  • modeline2fb
  • modinfo
  • modprobe
  • module_upgrade
  • mogrify
  • montage
  • more - output a file to the screen like cat but with paging
  • mount - mount a file system
  • mouseconfig
  • mp2bug
  • mp2doc
  • mpartition
  • mrd
  • mren
  • msgattrib
  • msgcat
  • msgcmp
  • msgcomm
  • msgconv
  • msgen
  • msgexec
  • msgfilter
  • msgfmt
  • msggrep
  • msghack
  • msginit
  • msgmerge
  • msgunfmt
  • msguniq
  • mshowfat
  • msql2mysql
  • mt - control magnetic tape drive operation
  • mtools
  • mtoolstest
  • mtr
  • mtype
  • multilog
  • mv - move (rename) files
  • mxtar
  • my_print_defaults
  • myisam_ftdump
  • myisamchk
  • myisamlog
  • myisampack
  • mysql
  • mysql_config
  • mysql_convert_table_format
  • mysql_create_system_tables
  • mysql_explain_log
  • mysql_find_rows
  • mysql_fix_extensions
  • mysql_fix_privilege_tables
  • mysql_install_db
  • mysql_secure_installation
  • mysql_setpermission
  • mysql_tableinfo
  • mysql_tzinfo_to_sql
  • mysql_waitpid
  • mysql_zap
  • mysqlaccess
  • mysqladmin
  • mysqlbinlog
  • mysqlbug
  • mysqlcheck
  • mysqld_multi
  • mysqld_safe
  • mysqldump
  • mysqldumpslow
  • mysqlhotcopy
  • mysqlimport
  • mysqlmanager
  • mysqlmanager-pwgen
  • mysqlmanagerc
  • mysqlshow
  • mysqltest
  • mzip
  • namei
  • nameif
  • nano
  • nash
  • nc
  • neat
  • neat
  • neat-tui
  • neqn
  • netconfig
  • netplugd
  • netreport
  • netstat - Print network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections, and multicast memberships
  • new-kernel-pkg
  • newaliases
  • newaliases.sendmail
  • newgrp
  • newrole
  • newusers
  • nfsstat
  • ngettext
  • nhfsgraph
  • nhfsnums
  • nhfsrun
  • nhfsstone
  • nice - run a program with modified shceduling priority
  • nisdomainname - show or set system’s NIS/YP domain name
  • nl
  • nm
  • nohup
  • nologin
  • nroff
  • nscd
  • nslookup
  • nstat
  • nsupdate
  • ntsysv
  • numactl
  • numademo
  • numastat
  • objcopy
  • objdump
  • od
  • odbc_config
  • odbcinst
  • oldrdist
  • on_ac_power
  • op_help
  • op_import
  • opannotate
  • oparchive
  • opcontrol
  • opensm
  • openssl
  • openvt
  • opgprof
  • opreport
  • oprof_start
  • oprofiled
  • opstack
  • osmtest
  • pack_cis
  • pack_isam
  • packer
  • pal2rgb
  • pam_console_apply
  • pam_console_setowner
  • pam_tally
  • pam_timestamp_check
  • pand
  • pango-querymodules-32
  • parted
  • partprobe
  • partx
  • passwd
  • paste
  • patch
  • path_id
  • pathchk
  • pax
  • pcre-config
  • pcregrep
  • pcretest
  • pdksh
  • pear
  • peardev
  • pecl
  • perl
  • perl5.8.5
  • perlbug
  • perlcc
  • perldoc
  • perlivp
  • perror
  • pfbtops
  • pftp
  • pgawk - profiling version of gawk (awk), runs slower and produces an execution profile file when done
  • pgrep
  • pgrphack
  • php
  • php-config
  • phpextdist
  • phpize
  • pic
  • pic2graph
  • pickdns
  • pickdns-conf
  • pickdns-data
  • piconv
  • pidof
  • pinfo
  • ping - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts
  • ping6
  • ping6 - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts over a IPv6 network
  • pinky
  • pivot_root
  • pkg-config
  • pkill
  • pl2pm
  • plipconfig
  • pman
  • pmap
  • pmap_dump
  • pmap_set
  • pod2html
  • pod2latex
  • pod2man
  • pod2text
  • pod2usage
  • podchecker
  • podselect
  • portmap
  • post-grohtml
  • poweroff
  • poweroff
  • ppm2tiff
  • ppmtolss16
  • ppp-watch
  • pppd
  • pppdump
  • pppoe
  • pppoe
  • pppoe-relay
  • pppoe-relay
  • pppoe-server
  • pppoe-server
  • pppoe-sniff
  • pppoe-sniff
  • pppstats
  • pr
  • praliases
  • pre-grohtml
  • prelink
  • printenv
  • printf
  • procmail
  • protoize
  • prove
  • ps - report a snapshot of the current processes
  • psed
  • psfaddtable
  • psfgettable
  • psfstriptable
  • psfxtable
  • pspell-config
  • pstack
  • pstree
  • pstree.x11
  • pstruct
  • ptx
  • purgestat
  • pvchange
  • pvcreate
  • pvdisplay
  • pvmove
  • pvremove
  • pvresize
  • pvs
  • pvscan
  • pvscan
  • pwck
  • pwconv
  • pwd - present working directory
  • pwdb_chkpwd
  • pwunconv
  • pxeboot
  • pxeos
  • python
  • python2
  • python2.3
  • quota
  • quotacheck
  • quotaoff
  • quotaon
  • quotastats
  • racoon
  • racoonctl
  • ramsize
  • random-ip
  • ranlib
  • ras2tiff
  • raw
  • raw2tiff
  • rb
  • rbldns
  • rbldns-conf
  • rbldns-data
  • rblsmtpd
  • rcp
  • rcs
  • rcs-checkin
  • rcs2log
  • rcsclean
  • rcsdiff
  • rcsmerge
  • rdate
  • rdev
  • rdisc
  • rdist
  • rdistd
  • rdistd
  • rdjpgcom
  • rdoc
  • rdump
  • rdump.static
  • readahead
  • readelf
  • readlink
  • readproctitle
  • readprofile
  • reboot
  • reboot
  • rebuild-jar-repository
  • recordio
  • recountdiff
  • red - restricted red, can only edit files in the current directory and cannot execure shell commands.
  • redhat-support-check
  • rediff
  • refer
  • rename
  • renice
  • replace
  • repquota
  • request-key
  • rescuept
  • reset
  • resetall
  • resize2fs
  • resizecons
  • resolve_stack_dump
  • resolveip
  • restore
  • restore.static
  • restorecon
  • rev
  • rexec
  • rfcomm
  • rgb2ycbcr
  • rhn_check
  • rhnsd
  • ri
  • rlog
  • rlogin
  • rm - remove files or directories
  • rmail
  • rmail.sendmail
  • rman
  • rmdir - remove empty directories
  • rmiregistry
  • rmmod
  • rmt
  • rngd
  • rngtest
  • rootflags
  • rotatelogs
  • route
  • rpc.gssd
  • rpc.idmapd
  • rpc.lockd
  • rpc.mountd
  • rpc.nfsd
  • rpc.rquotad
  • rpc.statd
  • rpc.svcgssd
  • rpcdebug
  • rpcgen
  • rpcinfo
  • rpm - A package manager used to build, install, query, verify, update, and erase individual software packages
  • rpm2cpio
  • rpmbuild
  • rpmdb
  • rpmgraph
  • rpmquery
  • rpmsign
  • rpmverify
  • rrestore
  • rrestore.static
  • rsh
  • rsync
  • rtacct
  • rtmon
  • rtstat
  • ruby
  • run-parts
  • run-with-aspell
  • run_init
  • runcon - run a command with current security context modified by one or more of LEVEL, ROLE, TYPE, and USER, or with completely-specified CONTEXT.
  • runlevel
  • runscript - is a simple script interpreter that can be called from within the minicom communications program to automate tasks like logging in to a unix system or your favorite bbs.
  • runuser
  • rvi - same as vi
  • rview - same as vi
  • rx
  • rz
  • s2p
  • sa
  • safe_finger
  • sasl-sample-client
  • sasl-sample-server
  • sasl2-sample-client
  • sasl2-sample-server
  • sasl2-shared-mechlist
  • sasl2-static-mechlist
  • saslauthd
  • saslauthd1-checkpass
  • sasldblistusers
  • sasldblistusers2
  • saslpasswd
  • saslpasswd2
  • savecore
  • savecore
  • sb
  • scp
  • script
  • scsi_id
  • scsi_id.static
  • sctp_darn
  • sctp_test
  • sdiff
  • sdpd
  • sdptool
  • sed - a stream editor used to perform basic text transformations on an input stream
  • seinfo
  • selinuxenabled
  • sendmail
  • sendmail.sendmail
  • sepcut
  • seq
  • service
  • sesearch
  • sesh
  • sestatus
  • setarch
  • setenforce
  • setfacl
  • setfattr
  • setfdprm
  • setfiles
  • setfont - load EGA/VGA console screen font
  • setkey
  • setkeycodes
  • setleds
  • setlock
  • setmetamode
  • setpcaps
  • setpci
  • setquota
  • setsebool
  • setserial - get/set Linux serial port information
  • setsid
  • setsysfont
  • setterm
  • setuidgid
  • setup
  • setup
  • seuser
  • seuseradd
  • seuserdel
  • seusermod
  • sfconvert
  • sfdisk
  • sfinfo
  • sftp
  • sg
  • sh - see bash
  • sha1sum
  • showconsolefont - Show the current EGA/VGA console screen font
  • showkey - prints to standard output either the scan codes or the keycode or the ascii code of each key pressed
  • showmount
  • shred
  • shutdown
  • size
  • skill
  • slabtop
  • slattach
  • sleep - delay for a specified amount of time
  • sln
  • slocate
  • slogin
  • smartctl
  • smartd
  • smartd-conf.py
  • smrsh
  • snice
  • soelim
  • softlimit
  • sort - sort lines of text files
  • source - read and execure commands
  • spell
  • splain
  • splint
  • split
  • splitdiff
  • sprof
  • sqlite3
  • ss
  • ssh
  • ssh-add
  • ssh-agent
  • ssh-keygen
  • ssh-keyscan
  • sshd
  • sslswamp
  • stap
  • start_udev
  • stat
  • statserial
  • stinit
  • strace
  • strings
  • strip
  • stty - change or print terminal line settings
  • stunnel
  • su - run a shell with substitute user and group IDs
  • sucap
  • sudo
  • suexec
  • sulogin
  • sum
  • supervise
  • svc
  • svok
  • svscan
  • svscanboot
  • svstat
  • swapoff
  • swapon
  • swig
  • sx
  • symlinks
  • sync - flush filesystem buffers
  • sys-unconfig
  • sysctl
  • syslinux
  • syslogd
  • sysreport
  • system-config-mouse
  • system-config-netboot
  • system-config-netboot
  • system-config-network
  • system-config-network
  • system-config-network-cmd
  • system-config-network-cmd
  • system-config-network-druid
  • system-config-network-druid
  • system-config-network-tui
  • system-config-securitylevel-tui
  • systool
  • sz
  • tac
  • tack
  • tai64n
  • tai64nlocal
  • tail
  • tail - output the last part of a file
  • tailf
  • talk
  • tar - archive files
  • taskset
  • tbl
  • tc
  • tcpcat
  • tcpclient
  • tcpd
  • tcpdump
  • tcprules
  • tcprulescheck
  • tcpserver
  • tcpslice
  • tcsh - C shell
  • tee
  • telinit
  • telnet
  • test
  • testrb
  • testsaslauthd
  • texi2dvi
  • texindex
  • tfmtodit
  • tgz
  • thumbnail
  • tic
  • tiff2bw
  • tiff2pdf
  • tiff2ps
  • tiff2rgba
  • tiffcmp
  • tiffcp
  • tiffdither
  • tiffdump
  • tiffinfo
  • tiffmedian
  • tiffset
  • tiffsplit
  • time
  • tinydns
  • tinydns-conf
  • tinydns-data
  • tinydns-edit
  • tinydns-get
  • tload
  • tmpwatch
  • toe
  • togglesebool
  • top
  • top - display Linux tasks
  • touch - change file timestamps
  • tput
  • tr
  • tracepath
  • tracepath - traces path to a network host discovering MTU along this path
  • tracepath6
  • tracepath6 - traces path to a network host discovering MTU along this path on a IPv6 network
  • traceroute
  • traceroute - print the route packets take to network host
  • traceroute - print the route packets take to network host on a IPv6 network
  • traceroute6
  • troff
  • true - does nothing but exit with the status code indicating success
  • try-from
  • tset
  • tsort
  • tty
  • tune2fs
  • tunelp
  • tux
  • tux2w3c
  • tuxstat
  • tzdata-update
  • tzselect
  • udev
  • udev.static
  • udev_volume_id
  • udevd
  • udevinfo
  • udevsend
  • udevstart
  • udevstart.static
  • udevtest
  • ul
  • umb-scheme
  • umount - unmount file systems
  • uname - print system info
  • unexpand
  • unicode_start - put keyboard and console in unicode mode
  • unicode_stop - revert keyboard and console from unicode mode
  • uniq
  • unix2dos
  • unix_chkpwd
  • unlink - delete file(s)
  • unprotoize
  • unwrapdiff
  • unzip
  • unzipsfx
  • up2date
  • up2date
  • up2date-config
  • up2date-config
  • up2date-nox
  • up2date-nox
  • update-alternatives
  • update-desktop-database
  • update-gdk-pixbuf-loaders
  • update-gtk-immodules
  • update-mime-database
  • update-pciids
  • updatedb
  • uptime
  • urlgrabber
  • usbmodules
  • useradd
  • userdel
  • userhelper
  • usermod
  • usernetctl
  • users
  • usleep - sleep some number of microseconds
  • utempter
  • utmpdump
  • uuidgen
  • uz
  • valgrind
  • valgrind-listener
  • vconfig
  • vdir
  • vgcfgbackup
  • vgcfgrestore
  • vgchange
  • vgchange
  • vgck
  • vgconvert
  • vgcreate
  • vgdisplay
  • vgexport
  • vgextend
  • vgimport
  • vgmerge
  • vgmknodes
  • vgreduce
  • vgremove
  • vgrename
  • vgs
  • vgscan
  • vgscan
  • vgsplit
  • vidmode
  • view - same as vi
  • vigr
  • vipw
  • visudo
  • vmstat
  • volname
  • vsftpd
  • w
  • wait_for_sysfs
  • wall
  • walldns
  • walldns-conf
  • warnquota
  • watch
  • wc
  • webalizer
  • webazolver
  • wget
  • whatis
  • whereis
  • which
  • whiptail
  • who
  • who@
  • whoami
  • whoami - print current username
  • whois
  • withsctp
  • word-list-compress
  • write
  • wrjpgcom
  • wvdial
  • wvdialconf
  • x86_64
  • x86info
  • xargs
  • xgettext
  • xinetd
  • xminicom
  • xml2-config
  • xml_grep
  • xml_pp
  • xml_spellcheck
  • xmlcatalog
  • xmllint
  • xmlsec1
  • xmlwf
  • xsltproc
  • xsubpp
  • yacc
  • yes
  • ypdomainname - show or set the system’s NIS/YP domain name
  • yum - is an interactive, automated update program which can be used for maintaining systems using rpm
  • yum-arch - is run from the distribution site in order to create the databases in which yum determines remote package availability
  • zcat - compress or expand files
  • zcmp - used to invoke the cmp program on compressed files.
  • zdiff - used to invoke the diff program on compressed files.
  • zdump
  • zegrep
  • zfgrep
  • zforce - forces a .gz extension on all gzip files so that gzip will not compress them twice
  • zgrep
  • zic
  • zip
  • zip - package and compress files
  • zipcloak
  • zipgrep
  • zipinfo - lists technical information about files in a ZIP archive, most commonly found on MS-DOS systems.
  • zipnote
  • zipsplit
  • zless
  • zmore
  • znew
  • zsoelim

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