Kali Linux commands list provides an A-Z listing of common Linux commands and their brief descriptions. Some key commands include apt-get/aptitude to install packages, bash for shell commands, cat/more/less to view files, cd to change directories, cp to copy files, grep to search files, ifconfig for network configuration, kill to terminate processes, ls to list files, mkdir to create directories, mv to move/rename files, rm to delete files, and ssh for secure remote login. The list serves as a quick reference guide for many basic and advanced Linux commands.
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Kali Linux commands list provides an A-Z listing of common Linux commands and their brief descriptions. Some key commands include apt-get/aptitude to install packages, bash for shell commands, cat/more/less to view files, cd to change directories, cp to copy files, grep to search files, ifconfig for network configuration, kill to terminate processes, ls to list files, mkdir to create directories, mv to move/rename files, rm to delete files, and ssh for secure remote login. The list serves as a quick reference guide for many basic and advanced Linux commands.
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Kali Linux commands list
Kali Linux commands list De A Z (englich ) apropos: Search Help manual pages (man -k) apt-get: Search for and install software packages (Debian) aptitude: Search for and install software packages (Debian) aspell: Spell Checker awk: Find and Replace text, database sort/validate/index basename: Strip directory and suffix from filenames bash: GNU Bourne-Again SHell bc: Arbitrary precision calculator language bg: Send to background break: Exit from a loop builtin: Run a shell builtin bzip2: Compress or decompress named file(s) cal: Display a calendar case: Conditionally perform a command cat: Concatenate and print (display) the content of files cd : Change Directory cfdisk: Partition table manipulator for Linux chgrp: Change group ownership chmod: Change access permissions chown: Change file owner and group chroot: Run a command with a different root directory chkconfig: System services (runlevel) cksum: Print CRC checksum and byte counts clear: Clear terminal screen cmp: Compare two files comm: Compare two sorted files line by line command: Run a command - ignoring shell functions continue: Resume the next iteration of a loop cp: Copy one or more files to another location cron: Daemon to execute scheduled commands crontab: Schedule a command to run at a later time csplit: Split a file into context-determined pieces cut: Divide a file into several parts
date: Display or change the date & time
dc: Desk Calculator dd: Convert and copy a file, write disk headers, boot records ddrescue: Data recovery tool declare: Declare variables and give them attributes df: Display free disk space diff: Display the differences between two files diff3: Show differences among three files dig: DNS lookup dir: Briefly list directory contents dircolors: Colour setup for `ls' dirname: Convert a full pathname to just a path dirs: Display list of remembered directories dmesg: Print kernel & driver messages du: Estimate file space usage echo: Display message on screen egre: Search file(s) for lines that match an extended expression eject: Eject removable media enable: Enable and disable builtin shell commands env: Environment variables ethtool: Ethernet card settings eval: Evaluate several commands/arguments exec: Execute a command exit: Exit the shell expect: Automate arbitrary applications accessed over a terminal expand: Convert tabs to spaces export: Set an environment variable expr: Evaluate expressions false: Do nothing, unsuccessfully fdformat: Low-level format a floppy disk fdisk: Partition table manipulator for Linux fg: Send job to foreground fgrep: Search file(s) for lines that match a fixed string file: Determine file type find: Search for files that meet a desired criteria fmt: Reformat paragraph text fold: Wrap text to fit a specified width. for: Expand words, and execute commands format: Format disks or tapes
free: Display memory usage
fsck: File system consistency check and repair ftp: File Transfer Protocol function: Define Function Macros fuser: Identify/kill the process that is accessing a file gawk: Find and Replace text within file(s) getopts: Parse positional parameters grep: Search file(s) for lines that match a given pattern groupadd: Add a user security group groupdel: Delete a group groupmod: Modify a group groups: Print group names a user is in gzip: Compress or decompress named file(s) hash: Remember the full pathname of a name argument head: Output the first part of file(s) help: Display help for a built-in command history: Command History hostname: Print or set system name iconv: Convert the character set of a file id: Print user and group id's if: Conditionally perform a command ifconfig: Configure a network interface ifdown: Stop a network interface ifup: Start a network interface up import: Capture an X server screen and save the image to file install: Copy files and set attributes jobs: List active jobs join: Join lines on a common field kill: Stop a process from running killall: Kill processes by name less: Display output one screen at a time let: Perform arithmetic on shell variables ln: Create a symbolic link to a file local: Create variables locate: Find files logname: Print current login name logout: Exit a login shell
look: Display lines beginning with a given string
lpc: Line printer control program lpr: Off line print lprint: Print a file lprintd: Abort a print job lprintq: List the print queue lprm: Remove jobs from the print queue ls: List information about file(s) lsof: List open files ln: Create a symbolic link to a file local: Create variables locate: Find files logname: Print current login name logout: Exit a login shell look: Display lines beginning with a given string lpc: Line printer control program lpr: Off line print lprint: Print a file lprintd: Abort a print job lprintq: List the print queue lprm: Remove jobs from the print queue ls: List information about file(s) lsof: List open files make: Recompile a group of programs man: Help manual mkdir: Create new folder(s) mkfifo: Make FIFOs (named pipes) mkisofs: Create an hybrid ISO9660/JOLIET/HFS filesystem mknod: Make block or character special files more: Display output one screen at a time mount: Mount a file system mtools: Manipulate MS-DOS files mtr: Network diagnostics (traceroute/ping) mv: Move or rename files or directories mmv: Mass Move and rename (files) netstat: Networking information nice: Set the priority of a command or job nl: Number lines and write files nohup: Run a command immune to hangups
notify-send: Send desktop notifications
nslookup: Query Internet name servers interactively open: Open a file in its default application op: Operator access passwd: Modify a user password paste: Merge lines of files pathchk: Check file name portability ping: Test a network connection pkill: Stop processes from running popd: Restore the previous value of the current directory pr: Prepare files for printing printcap: Printer capability database printenv: Print environment variables printf: Format and print data ps: Process status pushd : Save and then change the current directory pwd: Print Working Directory quota: Display disk usage and limits quotacheck: Scan a file system for disk usage quotactl: Set disk quotas ram: ram disk device rcp: Copy files between two machines read: Read a line from standard input readarray: Read from stdin into an array variable readonly: Mark variables/functions as readonly reboot: Reboot the system rename: Rename files renice: Alter priority of running processes remsync: Synchronize remote files via email return: Exit a shell function rev: Reverse lines of a file rm: Remove files rmdir: Remove folder(s) rsync: Remote file copy (Synchronize file trees) screen: Multiplex terminal, run remote shells via ssh scp: Secure copy (remote file copy) sdiff: Merge two files interactively sed: Stream Editor select: Accept keyboard input
seq: Print numeric sequences
set: Manipulate shell variables and functions sftp : Secure File Transfer Program shift: Shift positional parameters shopt: Shell Options shutdown: Shutdown or restart linux sleep: Delay for a specified time slocate: Find files sort: Sort text files source: Run commands from a file `.' split: Split a file into fixed-size pieces ssh: Secure Shell client (remote login program) strace: Trace system calls and signals su: Substitute user identity sudo: Execute a command as another user sum: Print a checksum for a file suspend: Suspend execution of this shell symlink: Make a new name for a file sync: Synchronize data on disk with memory tail: Output the last part of file tar: Tape ARchiver tee: Redirect output to multiple files test: Evaluate a conditional expression time: Measure Program running time times: User and system times touch: Change file timestamps top: List processes running on the system traceroute: Trace Route to Host trap: Run a command when a signal is set(bourne) tr: Translate, squeeze, and/or delete characters true: Do nothing, successfully tsort: Topological sort tty: Print filename of terminal on stdin type: Describe a command ulimit: Limit user resources umask: Users file creation mask umount: Unmount a device unalias: Remove an alias uname: Print system information
unexpand: Convert spaces to tabs
uniq: Uniquify files units: Convert units from one scale to another unset: Remove variable or function names unshar: Unpack shell archive scripts until: Execute commands (until error) uptime: Create new user account userdel: Delete a user account usermod: Modify user account users: List users currently logged in uuencode: Encode a binary file uudecode: Decode a file created by uuencode v: Verbosely list directory contents (`ls -l -b') vdir: Verbosely list directory contents (`ls -l -b') vi : Text Editor vmstat: Report virtual memory statistics wait: Wait for a process to complete watch: Execute/display a program periodically wc: Print byte, word, and line counts whereis: Search the user's $path, man pages and source files for a program which: Search the user's $path for a program file while: Execute commands who: Print all usernames currently logged in whoami : Print the current user id and name (`id -un') wget: Retrieve web pages or files via HTTP, HTTPS or FTP write: Send a message to another user xargs: Execute utility, passing constructed argument list(s) xdg-open: Open a file or URL in the user's preferred application. yes: Print a string until interrupted