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Ubuntu Basic to Advance Commands List

Chinmay Roy
3 min readAug 22, 2024

Today I am going to share a more comprehensive list of Ubuntu commands, ranging from basic to advanced, to help you with various tasks:

Ubuntu Basic to Advance Commands

Basic Commands

System Information

uname -r — Displays the kernel version.

uptime — Shows how long the system has been running and load averages.

date — Displays the current date and time.

File and Directory Operations

ls — List directory contents.

ls -l — Long format listing (permissions, ownership, size).

ls -a — Includes hidden files.

cd [directory] — Change directory.

cp [source] [destination] — Copy files or directories.

cp -r [source] [destination] — Recursively copy directories.

mv [source] [destination] — Move or rename files or directories.

rm [file] — Remove files.

rm -r [directory] — Recursively remove directories and their contents.

mkdir [directory] — Create a new directory.

rmdir [directory] — Remove an empty directory.

find [path] -name [filename] — Search for…

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Chinmay Roy
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