Linux command abbreviation

• Ls:list (List contents)
• Cd:change directory (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 status, 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 directory)
• Rm:remove (delete directory or file)
• Cat:concatenate chain Cat File1 file2>>file3 combine the contents of files 1 and 2 into File3
• Insmod:install module, loading modules
• Ln-s: Link-soft creates a soft link that is equivalent to creating a shortcut
• Mkdir:make Directory (Create directory
  Touch
• Man:manual
• Pwd:print working Directory
• Su:swith User
• Cd:change Directory
• Ls:list files
• Ps:process Status
• Mkdir:make Directory
• 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: should be named "CC" according to its function description "Convert an copy", 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 Package tool (available in Debian or Debian-based distributions)
• 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

Linux command abbreviation