Linux List of CLI Command lookup

Most Common General Commands

Command	Most Used Arguments	Example Usage	Man Page Link
ls	-l, -a, -h	ls -l	man page
cd	..	cd ..	man page
cp	-r, -v	cp -r source/ destination/	man page
mv	-i, -v	mv -i file1 file2	man page
rm	-r, -f	rm -rf directory/	man page
mkdir	-p	mkdir -p dir1/dir2/dir3/	man page
touch	None	touch file.txt	man page
cat	None	cat file.txt	man page
grep	-i, -v, -E	grep -i "hello" file.txt	man page
find	-name, -type	find . -name "*.txt"	man page
chmod	+x, -w	chmod +x script.sh	man page
chown	-R, user:group	chown -R user:group directory/	man page
ps	-ef, -u	ps -ef	man page
kill	-9	kill -9 processID	man page
tar	-c, -x, -z	tar -czf archive.tar.gz directory/	man page
gzip	-d	gzip -d archive.gz	man page
unzip	None	unzip archive.zip	man page
ssh	-p, -i	ssh -p 2222 [e-mail]	man page
scp	-r, -P	scp -r localdir [e-mail]:remotedir	man page
curl	-O, -L	curl -O https://example.com/file.txt	man page
wget	-O	wget -O file.txt https://example.com/file.txt	man page
ping	-c	ping -c 5 example.com	man page
traceroute	-n	traceroute -n example.com	man page
ifconfig	None	ifconfig	man page
netstat	-t, -u	netstat -tulpn	man page
sudo	None	sudo apt-get update	man page
apt-get	install, update	apt-get update	man page
apt-cache	search	apt-cache search nginx	man page
dpkg	-i, -r	dpkg -i package.deb	man page
rpm	-i, -e	rpm -i package.rpm	man page
yum	install, update	yum install package	man page
dnf	install, update	dnf install package	man page
pacman	-S, -Syu	pacman -Syu	man page
systemctl	start, enable	systemctl start nginx	man page
journalctl	-u, -f	journalctl -u nginx -f	man page
nano	None	nano file.txt	man page
vi	None	vi file.txt	man page
vim	None	vim file.txt	man page

Most Common Networking Commands

Command	Most Used Arguments	Example Usage	Man Page Link
ifconfig	None	ifconfig	man page
ip	addr, link	ip addr show	man page
netstat	-t, -u	netstat -tulpn	man page
ss	-t, -u	ss -tulpn	man page
ping	-c	ping -c 5 example.com	man page
traceroute	-n	traceroute -n example.com	man page
dig	+short	dig +short example.com	man page
host	None	host example.com	man page
nslookup	None	nslookup example.com	man page
telnet	None	telnet example.com 80	man page
nc	-l, -p	nc -l 8080	man page
ssh	-p, -i	ssh -p 2222 [e-mail]	man page
scp	-r, -P	scp -r localdir [e-mail]:remotedir	man page
curl	-O, -L	curl -O https://example.com/file.txt	man page
wget	-O	wget -O file.txt https://example.com/file.txt	man page
iptables	-L, -A	iptables -L	man page
firewall-cmd	--list-all	firewall-cmd --list-all	man page
ufw	status, enable	ufw status	man page
tcpdump	-i, -n	tcpdump -i eth0 -n	man page
telnet	None	telnet example.com 80	man page
nc	-l, -p	nc -l 8080	man page
ssh	-p, -i	ssh -p 2222 [e-mail]	man page
scp	-r, -P	scp -r localdir [e-mail]:remotedir	man page
curl	-O, -L	curl -O https://example.com/file.txt	man page
wget	-O	wget -O file.txt https://example.com/file.txt	man page
iptables	-L, -A	iptables -L	man page
firewall-cmd	--list-all	firewall-cmd --list-all	man page
nmap	-sT, -sU	nmap -sT example.com	man page
tcpdump	-i, -n	tcpdump -i eth0 -n	man page