bash commands

Bash Commands An A-Z Index of the Bash command line for Linux.

Bash Commands An A-Z Index of the Bash command line for Linux.


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Created / Updated 03.10.2017 / 18.10.2023
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uuencode

Encode a binary file

uudecode

Decode a file created by uuencode

v

Verbosely list directory contents (`ls -l -b')

vdir

Verbosely list directory contents (`ls -l -b')

vi

Text Editor

vmstat

Report virtual memory statistics

wait

Wait for a process to complete •

watch

Execute/display a program periodically

wc

Print byte, word, and line counts

whereis

Search the user's $path, man pages and source files for a program

which

Search the user's $path for a program file

while

Execute commands

who

Print all usernames currently logged in

whoami

Print the current user id and name (`id -un')

wget

Retrieve web pages or files via HTTP, HTTPS or FTP

write

Send a message to another user

xargs

Execute utility, passing constructed argument list(s)

xdg-open

Open a file or URL in the user's preferred application.

xz

Compress or decompress .xz and .lzma files

yes

Print a string until interrupted

zip

Package and compress (archive) files.

.

Run a command script in the current shell

!!

Run the last command again

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