Kali Linux commands

Function

A
apropos

Search Help manual pages (man -

apt-get

Search for and install software packages

aptitude

Search for and install software packages

aspell

Spell Checker

awk

Find and Replace text, database

basename

Strip directory and suffix from filenam

bash

GNU Bourne-Again Shell

bc

Arbitrary precision calculator langu

bg

Send to background

break

Exit from a loop

builtin

Run a shell builtin

bzip2

Compress or decompress named fi

cal
case
cat
cd
cfdisk

Display a calendar

Conditionally perform a comman

Concatenate and print (display) the con

Partition table manipulator for Lin

chgrp

Change group ownership

chmod

Change access permissions

chown

Change file owner and group

chroot
chkconfig
cksum

Run a command with a different root di

Print CRC checksum and byte coun

clear

Clear terminal screen

cmp

Compare two files

comm

Compare two sorted files line by li

command

Run a command ignoring shell func

continue

Resume the next iteration of a loo

cp

Copy one or more files to another loc

cron

Daemon to execute scheduled comm

crontab

Schedule a command to run at a late

csplit

Split a file into context-determined p

cut

Divide a file into several parts

date

Display or change the date and tim

dc

Desk Calculator

Convert and copy a file, write disk heade

dd
ddrescue

Data recovery tool

declare

Declare variables and give them attri

df

Display free disk space

diff

Display the differences between two

diff3

Show differences among three file

dig

DNS lookup

dir

Briefly list directory contents

dircolors

Colour setup for

dirname

Convert a full pathname to just a p

dirs

Display list of remembered director

dmesg

Print kernel & driver messag

du

ls'

Estimate file space usage

echo

Display message on screen

Search files for lines that match an ext

egrep
eject

Eject removable media

enable

Enable and disable builtin shell comm

env

Environment variables

ethtool

Ethernet card settings

eval

Evaluate several commands/argum

exec

Execute a command

exit

Exit the shell

Automate arbitrary applications accesse

expect
expand

Convert tabs to spaces

export

Set an environment variable

expr

Evaluate expressions
F

false

Do nothing, unsuccessfully

fdformat

Low-level format a floppy disk

fdisk
fg
fgrep
file
find

Partition table manipulator for Lin

Search files for lines that match a fixed

Search for files that meet a desired c

fmt

Reformat paragraph text

fold

Wrap text to fit a specified width

for

Expand words, and execute comma

format

Format disks or tapes

free

Display memory usage

fsck
ftp

File system consistency check and re

function

Define Function Macros

fuser

Identify/kill the process that is accessin

gawk

Find and Replace text within files

getopts

Parse positional parameters

grep

Search files for lines that match a given

groupadd

Add a user security group

groupdel

Delete a group

groupmod

Modify a group

groups

Print group names a user is in

gzip

Compress or decompress named fi

Remember the full pathname of a n

hash
head

Output the first part of files

help

Display help for a built-in comman

history

Command History

hostname

Print or set system name

iconv

Convert the character set of a fil

id

Print user and group id's

if

Conditionally perform a comman

ifconfig

Configure a network interface

ifdown

Stop a network interface

ifup

Start a network interface up

Capture an X server screen and save th

import
install

Copy files and set attributes

jobs

List active jobs

join

Join lines on a common field

kill

Stop a process from running

killall

Kill processes by name

less

Display output one screen at a tim

let

Perform arithmetic on shell variab

ln

Create a symbolic link to a file

local

Create variables

locate

Find files

logname

Print current login name

logout

Exit a login shell

look

Display lines beginning with a given s

lpc

Line printer control program

lpr

Off line print

lprint

Print a file

lprintd

Abort a print job

lprintq

List the print queue

lprm

Remove jobs from the print queu

ls

List information about files

lsof

List open files

make

Recompile a group of programs

man

Help manual

mkdir

Create new folders

mkfifo

Make FIFOs (named pipes)

mkisofs

Create an hybrid ISO9660/JOLIET/HFS fil

mknod

Make block or character special fil

more

Display output one screen at a tim

mount

Mount a file system

mtools

Manipulate MS-DOS files

mtr

Network diagnostics (traceroute/pi

mv

Move or rename files or directorie

mmv

Mass Move and rename files

netstat

Networking information

nice

Set the priority of a command or j

nl

Number lines and write files

nohup

Run a command immune to hangu

notify-send

Send desktop notifications

nslookup

Query Internet name servers interact

open

Open a file in its default applicatio

op

Operator access
P

passwd

Modify a user password

paste

Merge lines of files

pathchk

Check file name portability

ping

Test a network connection

pkill

Stop processes from running

popd

Restore the previous value of the cu

pr

Prepare files for printing

printcap

Printer capability database

printenv

Print environment variables

printf

Format and print data

ps

Process status

pushd

Save and then change the current dir

pwd

Print Working Directory

quota

Display disk usage and limits

quotacheck

Scan a file system for disk usage

quotactl

Set disk quotas

ram

ram disk device

rcp

Copy files between two machine

read

Read a line from standard input

readarray

Read from stdin into an array varia

readonly

Mark variables/functions as readon

reboot

Reboot the system

rename

Rename files

renice

Alter priority of running processe

remsync

Synchronize remote files via ema

return

Exit a shell function

rev

Reverse lines of a file

rm

Remove files

rmdir

Remove folders

rsync

Remote file copy (Synchronize file tr

screen

Multiplex terminal, run remote shells v

scp

Secure copy (remote file copy)

sdiff

Merge two files interactively

sed

Stream Editor

select

Accept keyboard input

seq

Print numeric sequences

set
sftp

Manipulate shell variables and funct

shift

Shift positional parameters

shopt

Shell Options

shutdown

Shutdown or restart linux

sleep

Delay for a specified time

slocate

Find files

sort

Sort text files

source

Run commands from a file

split

Split a file into fixed-size pieces

ssh

Secure Shell client (remote login prog

strace

Trace system calls and signals

su

Substitute user identity

sudo

Execute a command as another us

sum

Print a checksum for a file

suspend

Suspend execution of this shell

symlink

Make a new name for a file

sync

Synchronize data on disk with mem

tail

Output the last part of file

tar

Tape Archiver

tee

Redirect output to multiple files

test

Evaluate a conditional expressio

time

Measure Program running time

times

User and system times

touch

Change file timestamps

top
traceroute

List processes running on the syste

trap

Run a command when a signal is set(b

tr

Translate, squeeze, and/or delete char

true

Do nothing, successfully

tsort

Topological sort

tty

Print filename of terminal on stdi

type

Describe a command
U

ulimit

Limit user resources

umask

Users file creation mask

umount

Unmount a device

unalias

Remove an alias

uname

Print system information

unexpand

Convert spaces to tabs

uniq

Uniquify files

units

Convert units from one scale to ano

unset

Remove variable or function nam

unshar

Unpack shell archive scripts

until

Execute commands (until error)

uptime

Show uptime

useradd

Create new user account

usermod

Modify user account

users

List users currently logged in

uuencode

Encode a binary file

uudecode

Decode a file created by uuencod

Verbosely list directory contents (ls -

vdir

Verbosely list directory contents (ls

vi

Text Editor

vmstat

Report virtual memory statistics

wait
watch

Wait for a process to complete

Execute/display a program periodic

wc

Print byte, word, and line counts

Search the user's $path, man pages and

whereis
which

Search the user's $path for a program

while

Execute commands

who

Print all usernames currently logge

whoami

Print the current user id and name (id

wget

Retrieve web pages or files via HTTP, H

write

Send a message to another user

Execute utility, passing constructed arg

xargs

Open a file or URL in the users prefe

xdg-open
Y
yes

Print a string until interrupted