Basic Unix commands
Table of Content
- File System Navigation Unix Command
- File Manipulation Unix Command
- Process Management Unix Command
- Text Processing Unix Command
- Network Communication Unix Command
- Text Editors in Unix
Essential Unix Commands
Unix commands are a set of commands that are used to interact with the Unix operating system. Unix is a powerful, multi-user, multi-tasking operating system that was developed in the 1960s by Bell Labs. Unix commands are entered at the command prompt in a terminal window, and they allow users to perform a wide variety of tasks, such as managing files and directories, running processes, managing user accounts, and configuring network settings. Unix is now one of the most commonly used Operating systems used for various purposes such as Personal use, Servers, Smartphones, and many more. It was developed in the 1970’s at AT& T Labs by two famous personalities Dennis M. Ritchie and Ken Thompson.
- You’ll be surprised to know that the most popular programming language C came into existence to write the Unix Operating System.
- Linux is Unix-Like operating system.
- The most important part of the Linux is Linux Kernel which was first released in the early 90s by Linus Torvalds. There are several Linux distros available (most are open-source and free to download and use) such as Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Kali, Mint, Gentoo, Arch and much more.
- Now coming to the Basic and most usable commands of Linux/Unix part. (Please note that all the linux/unix commands are run in the terminal of a linux system.Terminal is like command prompt as that of in Windows OS)
- Linux/Unix commands are case-sensitive i.e Hello is different from hello.