Linux Specific Commands

By admin, 27 April, 2025

btrfs - control a btrfs filesystem

cryptsetup - setup cryptographic volumes for dm-crypt

fsarchiver - a disk cloning utility

grub - GRand Unified Bootloader command shell

hdparm - get/set SATA/IDE device parameters

nproc - print the number of processing units available

ifconfig - configure a network interface

iptables - administration tool for IPv4 packet filtering and NAT

iwlist - get more detailed wireless information from a wireless interface

kmod - Program to manage Linux Kernel modules

lsblk - list block devices

lscpu - display information about the CPU architecture

lshw - list hardware devices

lspci - list all PCI devices

lsusb - list USB devices

mkfs - build a Linux file system

modprobe - program to add and remove modules from the Linux Kernel

mpstat - Report processors related statistics

sysctl - configure kernel parameters at runtime

useradd - create a new user or update default new user information

userdel - delete a user account and related files

usermod - modify a user account

vmstat - Report virtual memory statistics

grub-install (install GRUB on your drive)

update-grub (program to generate GRUB's menu.lst file)

GRUB is the GRand Unified Bootloader, a very powerful newish BootLoader that can be used to boot most operating system