Linux Commands and UNIX Commands for Server : The Ultimate List

Linux Commands and UNIX Commands for Server are very useful for Administration and Management of Web Server. We have compiled the list from various Text Books. Just like in our guide, Install WordPress on Rackspace Cloud Server we have used several basic, advanced and some typical shortcuts of Linux Commands and UNIX Commands. Linux Commands and UNIX Commands are basic and the quality of web hosting depends on the support team’s grasp on these Linux Commands and UNIX Commands. There are many great text books on Linux Commands and UNIX Commands, we have only mentioned the very useful Linux Commands.

 

List of Linux Commands and UNIX Commands mostly used

 

We have mostly mentioned the commands which can be used on Red Hat Linux. Especially with SuSe, there might be a bit difference on sytax usage of these Linux Commands and UNIX Commands.

 

at	execute an action at a specified time
awk	programming language to process files
cat	lists the contents of a dir
cd	Changing Directories
chgrp	exchange group file
chmod	change the access rights to a file
chown	change of ownership of a file
cp	copy file
cut	mainly used in scripts to cut
date	shows / changes the date
df	displays the available space
diff	displays the difference between two files
du	shows the disk space used
egrep	Search
find	File Search
ftp	file transfer
grep	file search
history	list of commands used in the system
kill	stop an ongoing process
sh ou ksh ou rsh	call from a shell
ln	creates a link to a file
lp ou lpr	redirection to the printer
lpstat	Information on printers
ls	list of files
mail; mailx	displays and sends messages
man [ command ]	help on a command
mkdir	creates a folder
more	displays a file page by page
mv	moves a file
passwd	change the password
ps	switch user
pwd	affiche le chemin du dossier en cours
rlogin [ user ]	connection to another machine
rlogin -l user machine	connection to another machine
rm	destroyed a file
rmdir	destroyed a dir
wget	fetch a file / download a file
rusers	list users connected to the network
set	view the environment variables
sh	opens the basic shell
tar	tar a file or dir
tee	duplique un flux de données
vi	system editor named vi
yum install	Update / Install Packages

 

Usage of Linux Commands and UNIX Commands

Here are some usage of the Linux Commands and UNIX Commands, please try to correlate these with Install WordPress on Rackspace Cloud Server guide.

 

We have changed the directory in this way by using cd (vide the list of Linux commands above) :

 

cd /var/www/html/ 

 

We have downloaded the WordPress (escaping the download from webpage, then uncompress, then upload via ftp) with a single line :

 

wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

 

Now, it is a tar file (compressed), to make it usable, we need to untar it :

 

tar xvzf latest

 

Now give a special attention :

 

mv /wordpress* .

 

Can you see the dot ? This is one of the fantastic commands of UNIX. Note the dot “ its moving everything to dot “ your current directory. Give a space between * and dot.

 

yum -y install httpd php mysql mysql-server php-mysql

 

Another beauty to UNIX / Linux Commands. Note the -y, you need not to accept the prompts manually. We have installed Apache, MySQL, PHP with just one command line.