The Ultimate Linux Command List
Posted by admin at December 13th, 2006
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