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100 Commands in Linux Every Developer Should Know

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Get ready to add some powerful Linux commands to your toolkit and take your coding skills up a notch.

Whether you're an experienced Linux user or just starting out, this list of 100 must-know Linux commands for developers will help you tackle any task with ease. We'll start out with the basics, and then get to the more interesting ones

By incorporating AI tools like Bito AI, which helps you understand and optimize your code, you'll be able to work smarter, not harder and become a 10x developer.

So get ready to unlock the power of Linux in your development workflow with these commands!

1. ls - List the contents of the current directory.

2. cd - Change the current working directory.

3. mkdir - Create a new directory.

4 . rmdir - Remove an empty directory.

5. touch - Create a new file.

6. cp - Copy a file or directory.

7. mv - Move a file or directory.

8. rm - Delete a file.

9. cat - Display the contents of a file.

10. less - View the contents of a file one page at a time.

11. head - Display the first few lines of a file.

12. tail - Display the last few lines of a file.

13. grep - Search for a pattern in a file.

14. find - Search for a file by name.

15. sort - Sort the lines of a file.

16. uniq - Remove duplicate lines from a file.

17. wc - Count the number of lines, words, and characters in a file.

18. cut - Extract specific fields from a file.

19. paste - Combine the lines of two or more files.

20. tr - Translate or delete specific characters from a file.

21. sed - Edit a file using regular expressions.

22. awk - Process and analyze a file using patterns and actions.

23. ar - Create or extract a tarball (a compressed archive file).

24. gzip - Compress or decompress a file using gzip.

25. bzip2 - Compress or decompress a file using bzip2.

26. xz - Compress or decompress a file using xz.

27. zip - Compress or decompress a file using zip.

28. chmod - Change the permissions of a file or directory.

29. chown - Change the owner and/or group of a file or directory.

30. passwd - Change the password of a user.

31. su - Change the current user to another user.

32. sudo - Execute a command as another user, usually the root user.

33. whoami - Print the current username.

34. who - Print information about logged-in users.

35. last - Print information about previous logins.

36. history - Print a list of previously executed commands.

37. echo - Print a message.

38. printf - Print a formatted message.

39. env - Print the current environment variables.

40. export - Set an environment variable.

41. unset - Unset an environment variable.

42. set - Set shell options.

43. unalias - Remove an alias.

44. source - Execute a script in the current shell.

45. . - Same as source.

46. exec - Replace the current shell with a command.

47. exit - Exit the current shell.

48. shutdown - Shutdown the system.

50. init - Change the system runlevel.

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51. mount - Mount a filesystem.

52. umount - Unmount a filesystem.

53. disk - Modify a disk partition table.

54. mkfs - Create a filesystem.

55. fsck - Check and repair a filesystem.

56. tune2fs - Modify the parameters of an ext2 or ext3 filesystem.

57. dumpe2fs - Display the superblock and blocks group information of an ext2 or ext3 filesystem.

58. resizefs - Resize an ext2 or ext3 filesystem.

59. pvdisplay - Display information about physical volumes in a LVM setup.

60. vgdisplay - Display information about volume groups in a LVM setup.

61. lvdisplay - Display information about logical volumes in a LVM setup.

62. pvcreate - Create a physical volume in a LVM setup.

63. vgcreate - Create a volume group in a LVM setup.

64. lvcreate - Create a logical volume in a LVM setup.

65. pvremove - Remove a physical volume from a LVM setup.

66. vgremove - Remove a volume group from a LVM setup.

67. lvremove - Remove a logical volume from a LVM setup.

68. lvresize - Resize a logical volume in a LVM setup.

69. lvextend - Extend a logical volume with additional physical volumes in a LVM setup.

70. lvreduce - Reduce the size of a logical volume in a LVM setup.

71. mkswap - Create a swap area on a device.

72. swapon - Enable a swap area.

73. swapoff - Disable a swap area.

74. chmod - Change the permissions of a file or directory.

75. chown - Change the owner and/or group of a file or directory.

76. chgrp - Change the group of a file or directory.

77. umask - Set the default permissions for newly created files and directories.

78. su - Change the current user.

79. sudo - Execute a command as another user, typically the root user.

80. passwd - Change the password for a user.

81. adduser - Add a new user to the system.

82. deluser - Remove a user from the system.

83. addgroup - Add a new group to the system.

84. delgroup - Remove a group from the system.

85. usermod - Modify a user account.

86. groupmod - Modify a group.

87. useradd - Create a new user account.

88. userdel - Delete a user account.

89. groupadd - Create a new group.

90. groupdel - Delete a group.

91. visudo - Edit the sudoers file.

92. apt - Advanced Package Tool. A package manager for Debian and Ubuntu systems.

93. apt-get - Advanced Package Tool. A package manager for Debian and Ubuntu systems

94.yum - Yellowdog Updater, Modified. A package manager for CentOS, Fedora, and Red Hat systems.

95. dnf - Dandified Yum. A package manager for CentOS and Fedora systems.

96. pacman - Package Manager. A package manager for Arch Linux and Manjaro systems.

97. zypper - ZYpp Package Manager. A package manager for openSUSE and SLE systems.

98. apk - Alpine Linux Package Manager. A package manager for Alpine Linux systems.

99. emerge - Gentoo Package Manager. A package manager for Gentoo systems.

100. pkg - Package Manager. A package manager for FreeBSD systems.

Alright, that's 100! Hope you find it helpful. Please let me know what you think.

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