NOTE:- Linux commands is required to run on a SSH terminal either on the Linux distro itself or if remotely from a Windoes system using utility like PUTTY.
Nos. |
Commands |
Description |
Remarks |
1 | # <command> --help |
Displays the help of the command with various options. |
To see the help options for ls command, eg.
# ls --help |
2 | # man <comand> |
Opens the man pages / referenence manuals |
To see the man page for ls command # man ls |
3 |
# uname |
Displays the system information. |
Command can be used to know the kernel version, architecture, processor type, eg. # uname -a (prints all system information) |
4 |
# lsb_release |
Displays distribution specific information. |
Shows distribution ID, codename, release etc. (this command may not be available in certain Linux distrirbution). |
5 |
# ifconfig |
Displays information of the network interface. |
To display the ip's of all the network interface, command: # ifconfig -a |