Common word abbreviations for Linux

command abbreviation:ls:list ( list Directory contents ) CD:changedirectory (Change directory)

Su:switch User Switch users

Rpm:redhat Package Manager Red Hat Pack manager

Pwd:print Work directory Print current directory displays the absolute path of the current working directory

Ps:process status ( process state, Windows -like Task Manager ) Common parameters:-auxf

PS-AUXF Show process status

Df:disk free Its function is to display the amount of disk space available and spatial node information. In other words, it is reported how much free space is left in any installed device or directory.

RPM: RedHat Package Management, One of RedHat's inventions

RmDir:Remove directory(delete directories)

RM:Remove(delete directory or file)

Cat:concatenate chain cat file1 file2>>file3 file 1 and file 2 And put them together in file3 .

Insmod:install module, loading modules

Ln-s: Link-soft creates a soft link that is equivalent to creating a shortcut

mkdir:makedirectory ( Create directory

Touch

Man:manual

PWD:Print working directory

Su:swith User

CD:changedirectory

LS:List files

PS:Process Status

mkdir:makedirectory

RmDir:Remove Directory

Mkfs:make File System

Fsck:File System Check

Cat:concatenate

Uname:unix Name

Df:disk Free

Du:disk usage

Lsmod:list Modules

Mv:move file

Rm:remove file

Cp:copy file

Ln:link files

Fg:foreground

Bg:background

Chown:change owner

Chgrp:change Group

Chmod:change mode

Umount:unmount

DD: It should be named "CC" according to its function description "convertancopy", but "cc" has been used to represent " C complier", so named"DD"

Tar:Tape Archive

LDD:List Dynamic Dependencies

Insmod:Install Module

Rmmod:Remove Module

Lsmod:List Module

"RC"at the end of the file(e.g. . BASHRC,. XINITRC , etc.):Resource Configuration

Knnxxx/snnxxx(in The RCX.D directory):K(Kill);S (Service );nn(execution sequence number);xxx(service ID)

. A(extension a):Archive,Static library

. So(extension so):Shared Object,dynamically linked library

. o(extension o):Object file,complied result of C + + source file

RPM:Red hat Package Manager

Dpkg:Debian Package Manager

Apt:Advanced Packagetool(available inDebian or Debian -based distributions)

Some Linux command Abbreviations

Bin = BINaries

/dev = DEVices

/etc = Etcetera

/lib = LIBrary

/proc = PROCesses

/sbin = Superuser BINaries

/tmp = Temporary

/usr = Unix Shared Resources

/var = VARiable

FIFO = First in, first out

GRUB = GRand Unified Bootloader

IFS = Internal Field seperators

LILO = LInux LOader

MySQL = My is the first name of the author's daughter,SQL = structured Query Language

php = Personal Home Page Tools = PHP hypertext Preprocessor

PS = Prompt String

Perl = "Pratical Extraction and report Language" = "pathologically eclectic rubbish Lister"

Python is named after the TV drama Monty python ' s Flying circus

TCL = Tool Command Language

Tk = ToolKit

VT = Video Terminal

YaST = yet another Setup Tool

Apache = "A patchy" server

Apt = Advanced Packaging Tool

AR = archiver

As = Assembler

awk = "Aho Weiberger and Kernighan" The first letter of the last name of three authors

bash = Bourne Again SHell

BC = Basic (Better) Calculator

BG = BackGround

Biff = author Heidi stettner a dog in u.c.berkely and likes to bark at the postman.

Cal = CALendar

Cat = CATenate

cd = Change Directory

CHGRP = Change GRouP

chmod = Change MODe

Chown = Change OWNer

Chsh = Change SHell

CMP = Compare

Cobra = Common Object Request Broker Architecture

Comm = Common

CP = CoPy

Cpio = CoPy in and out

CPP = C Pre Processor

Cron = Chronos Greek time

Cups = Common Unix Printing System

CVS = current Version System

Daemon = Disk and execution MONitor

DC = Desk Calculator

DD = Disk Dump

DF = Disk Free

diff = Difference

DMESG = Diagnostic Message

Du = Disk Usage

ed = Editor

Egrep = Extended GREP

Elf = extensible linking Format

Elm = ELectronic Mail

Emacs = Editor MACroS

eval = EVALuate

ex = EXtended

exec = EXECute

FD = file descriptors

FG = ForeGround

Fgrep = Fixed GREP

FMT = Format

fsck = File System ChecK

Fstab = FileSystem TABle

FVWM = f*** Virtual Window Manager

gawk = GNU AWK

GPG = GNU Privacy Guard

Groff = GNU Troff

Hal = Hardware Abstraction Layer

Joe = Joe ' s Own Editor

Ksh = Korn SHell

Lame = lame Ain ' t an MP3 Encoder

Lex = LEXical Analyser

Lisp = LISt processing = Lots of irritating superfluous parentheses

ln = LiNk

LPR = line PRint

ls = List

lsof = LiSt Open Files

M4 = Macro Processor Version 4

Man = MANual pages

Mawk = Mike Brennan s AWK

MC = Midnight Commander

MKFS = Make FileSystem

Mknod = Make NODe

MOTD = Message of the day

Mozilla = MOsaic GodZILLa

mTAB = Mount TABle

MV = MoVe

Nano = Nano ' s another editor

Nawk = New AWK

NL = Number of Lines

NM = names

Nohup = No Hangup

Nroff = New ROFF

od = octal Dump

passwd = PASSWorD

pg = Pager

Pico = PIne ' s Message composition Editor

Pine = "program for Internet News & E-mail" = "Pine is not ELM"

ping = quasi-sound and = Packet InterNet grouper

Pirntcap = PRINTer CAPability

POPD = POP Directory

PR = Pre

printf = PRINT Formatted

PS = Processes Status

Pty = Pseudo TTY

pushd = PUSH Directory

PWD = Print working Directory

rc = runcom = Run command, RC or plan9 Shell

Rev = REVerse

RM = ReMove

RN = Read News

Roff = runoff

RPM = RPM Package Manager = RedHat Package Manager

Rsh, rlogin, r = Remote in Rvim

RXVT = Our XVT

Seamoneky = I

sed = Stream EDitor

Seq = SEQuence

Shar = SHell ARchive

SLRN = S-lang RN

SSH = Secure SHell

SSL = Secure Sockets Layer

Stty = Set TTY

Su = Substitute User

SVN = SubVersioN

tar = Tape ARchive

tcsh = Tenex C Shell

Tee = t (T- shaped water pipe Interface )

telnet = teminal over Network

Termcap = terminal capability

Terminfo = Terminal information

Tex =τ?χνη abbreviation, Greek art

TR = traslate

Troff = typesetter New ROFF

Tsort = Topological SORT

TTY = Teletypewriter

TWM = Tom ' s Window Manager

TZ = TimeZone

Udev = Userspace DEV

Ulimit = User ' s LIMIT

Umask = User ' s MASK

Uniq = UNIQue

VI = VIsual = Very Inconvenient

VIM = Vi Improved

Wall = Write All

WC = Word Count

Wine = Wine isn't an Emulator

Xargs = eXtended ARGuments

XDm = X Display Manager

XLFD = X Logical Font Description

XMMS = X Multimedia System

Xrdb = X Resources DataBase

XWD = X Window Dump

YACC = yet another compiler compiler

Fish = the friendly Interactive SHell

Su = Switch User

MIME = Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

ECMA = European Computer Manufacturers Association

Common word abbreviations for Linux