500 Linux and 500 Windows Commands

Operating System Command Description

Linux ls List directory contents

Linux cd Change directory

Linux pwd Print current working directory

Linux mkdir Create a new directory

Linux rmdir Remove an empty directory

Linux rm Remove files or directories

Linux cp Copy files or directories

Linux mv Move or rename files or directories

Linux chmod Change file permissions

Linux chown Change file owner or group

Linux echo Display message or variables

Linux cat Concatenate files and print to standard out

Linux touch Create an empty file or update timestamp

Linux find Search for files in a directory hierarchy

Linux grep Search text using patterns

Linux ps Report a snapshot of current processes

Linux top Display system tasks

Linux kill Terminate processes

Linux df Show disk space usage

Linux du Estimate file space usage

Linux ifconfig Configure network interfaces

Linux ping Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network

Linux netstat Print network connections, routing tables

Linux ssh Secure shell for remote login

Linux scp Securely copy files between hosts

Linux tar Archiving utility

Linux gzip Compress files

Linux gunzip Decompress .gz files

Linux unzip Extract compressed files

Linux zip Create compressed archive

Linux whoami Print the current user

Linux sudo Execute a command as another user

Linux man Display manual for a command

Linux history Show command history

Linux apt-get Package manager for Debian-based syste

Linux yum Package manager for RedHat-based syste

Linux nano Simple text editor

Linux vim Advanced text editor

Linux sed Stream editor

Linux awk Text processing tool

Linux cut Remove sections from each line of files

Linux sort Sort lines of text files

Linux uniq Report or omit repeated lines

Linux diff Compare two files line by line

Linux patch Apply a patch to a file

Linux wget Non-interactive network downloader

Linux curl Transfer data from or to a server

Linux ftp File transfer protocol client

Linux hostname Show or set the system's hostname

Linux uptime Tell how long the system has been running

Windows dir List directory contents

Windows cd Change the current directory

Windows copy Copy files

Windows move Move or rename files

Windows del Delete one or more files

Windows rmdir Remove a directory

Windows mkdir Create a new directory

Windows echo Display a message or turn on/off command

Windows type Display the contents of a text file

Windows attrib Display or change file attributes

Windows tasklist List running processes

Windows taskkill Terminate processes by PID

Windows systeminfo Display detailed system information

Windows hostname Display the system's hostname

Windows ipconfig Display IP network configuration

Windows ping Send ICMP echo requests to a network ho

Windows tracert Trace the path to a network host

Windows netstat Display network connections and statistics

Windows nslookup Query DNS name servers

Windows arp Display or modify the ARP cache

Windows shutdown Shut down the system

Windows logoff Log off the current user

Windows format Format a disk

Windows chkdsk Check a disk for errors

Windows diskpart Manage disk partitions

Windows sfc Scan and repair Windows system files

Windows reg Manage the Windows registry

Windows gpupdate Update Group Policy settings

Windows net Manage network resources

Windows net user Manage local user accounts

Windows net use Connect to a shared resource

Windows net start Start a network service

Windows net stop Stop a network service

Windows sc Manage Windows services

Windows taskmgr Open Task Manager

Windows msconfig Open System Configuration

Windows mstsc Start Remote Desktop Connection

Windows gpedit.msc Open Group Policy Editor

Windows services.msc Open Services Manager

Windows devmgmt.msc Open Device Manager

Windows control Open Control Panel

Windows explorer Open File Explorer

Windows notepad Launch Notepad

Windows calc Launch Calculator

Windows wmic Windows Management Instrumentation Co

Windows diskmgmt.msc Open Disk Management

Windows bcdedit Manage Boot Configuration Data

Windows cipher Encrypt or decrypt files

Windows compact Compress files or folders

Windows fc Compare the contents of two files