Kali Linux commands


Kali Linux commands

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A
apropos => Search Help manual pages (man -k)
apt-get => Search for and install software   packages   (Debian)
aptitude => search for and install software   packages (Debian)
aspell => Spell Checker
awk => Find and Replace text, database       sort/validate/index

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B
basename => Strip directory and suffix from   filenames
bash => GNU Bourne-Again SHell
bc => Arbitrary precision calculator language
bg => Send to background
break => Exit from a loop
builtin => Run a shell builtin
bzip2 => Compress or decompress named file(s)

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C
cal  => Display a calendar

case  => Conditionally perform a command

cat  => Concatenate and print (display) the   content of files

cd  => Change Directory

cfdisk  => Partition table manipulator for Linux

chgrp  => Change group ownership

chmod => Change access permissions

chown Change file owner and group
chroot => Run a command with a different root   directory

chkconfig => System services (runlevel)

cksum => Print CRC checksum and byte counts

clear => Clear terminal screen

cmp => Compare two files

comm => Compare two sorted files line by line

command => Run a command - ignoring shell   functions

continue => Resume the next iteration of a loop

cp => Copy one or more files to another location

cron => Daemon to execute scheduled   commands

crontab => Schedule a command to run at a   later time

csplit => Split a file into context-determined   pieces

cut => Divide a file into several parts

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D
date => Display or change the date & time

dc => Desk Calculator

dd => Convert and copy a file, write disk   headers, boot records

ddrescue => Data recovery tool

declare => Declare variables and give them   attributes

df => Display free disk space

diff => Display the differences between two files

diff3 => Show differences among three files

dig => DNS lookup

dir => Briefly list directory contents

dircolors => Colour setup for `ls'

dirname => Convert a full pathname to just a   path

dirs => Display list of remembered directories

dmesg => Print kernel & driver messages

du => Estimate file space usage

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E

echo => Display message on screen

egrep => Search file(s) for lines that match an   extended expression

eject => Eject removable media

enable => Enable and disable builtin shell   commands

env => Environment variables

ethtool => Ethernet card settings

eval => Evaluate several commands/arguments

exec => Execute a command

exit => Exit the shell

expect => Automate arbitrary applications   accessed over a terminal

expand => Convert tabs to spaces

export => Set an environment variable

expr => Evaluate expressions

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F
false => Do nothing, unsuccessfully

fdformat => Low-level format a floppy disk

fdisk => Partition table manipulator for Linux

fg => Send job to foreground

fgrep => Search file(s) for lines that match a   fixed string

file => Determine file type

find => Search for files that meet a desired   criteria

fmt => Reformat paragraph text

fold => Wrap text to fit a specified width.

for => Expand words, and execute commands

format => Format disks or tapes

free => Display memory usage

fsck => File system consistency check and repair

ftp => File Transfer Protocol

function => Define Function Macros

fuser => Identify/kill the process that is   accessing a file

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G
gawk => Find and Replace text within file(s)

getopts => Parse positional parameters

grep => Search file(s) for lines that match a   given pattern

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 file(s)

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H

hash => Remember the full pathname of a   name  argument

head => Output the first part of file(s)

help => Display help for a built-in command

history => Command History

hostname => Print or set system  name

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I

iconv => Convert the character set of a file

id => Print user and group id's

if => Conditionally perform a command

ifconfig => Configure a network interface

ifdown => Stop a network interface

ifup => Start a network interface up

import => Capture an X server screen and save the image to file

install => Copy files and set attributes

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J

jobs => List active jobs

join => Join lines on a common field

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K
kill => Stop a process from running

killall => Kill processes by name

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L

less /etc/Passwd => Display output one screen   at  a time (Press ‘q‘ to quit from this Process)

let => Perform arithmetic on shell variables

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   string

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 queue

ls => List information about file(s)

lsof => List open files

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M
make => Recompile a group of programs

man => Help manual

mkdir => Create new folder(s)

mkfifo => Make FIFOs (named pipes)

mkisofs => Create an hybrid         ISO9660/JOLIET/HFS filesystem

mknod => Make block or character special files

more /etc/Passwd=> Display output one screen   at a time (Press ‘q‘ to quit from this Process)

mount => Mount a file system

mtools => Manipulate MS-DOS files

mtr => Network diagnostics (traceroute/ping)

mv => Move or rename files or directories

mmv => Mass Move and rename (files)

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N
netstat => Networking information

nice => Set the priority of a command or job

nl => Number lines and write files

nohup => Run a command immune to hangups

notify-send => Send desktop notifications

nslookup => Query Internet name servers interactively

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O
open => Open a file in its default application

op => Operator access

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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   current directory

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   directory

pwd => Print Working Directory

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Q
quota => Display disk usage and limits

quotacheck => Scan a file system for disk usage

quotactl => Set disk quotas

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R
ram => ram disk device

rcp => Copy files between two machines

read => Read a line from standard input

readarray => Read from stdin into an array         variable

readonly => Mark variables/functions as   readonly

reboot => Reboot the system

rename => Rename files

renice => Alter priority of running processes

remsync => Synchronize remote files via email

return => Exit a shell function

rev => Reverse lines of a file

rm => Remove files

rmdir => Remove folder(s)

rsync => Remote file copy (Synchronize file trees)

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S
screen => Multiplex terminal, run remote shells via ssh

scp => Secure copy (remote file copy)

sdiff => Merge two files interactively

sed => Stream Editor

select => Accept keyboard input

seq => Print numeric sequences

set => Manipulate shell variables and functions

sftp => Secure File Transfer Program

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   program)

strace => Trace system calls and signals

su => Substitute user identity

sudo => Execute a command as another user

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 memory

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T
tail => Output the last part of file

tar => Tape ARchiver

tee => Redirect output to multiple files

test => Evaluate a conditional expression

time => Measure Program running time

times => User and system times

touch => Change file timestamps

top => List processes running on the system

traceroute => Trace Route to Host

trap => Run a command when a signal is   set(bourne)

tr => Translate, squeeze, and/or delete   characters

true => Do nothing, successfully

tsort => Topological sort

tty => Print filename of terminal on stdin

type => Describe a command

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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 another

unset => Remove variable or function names

unshar => Unpack shell archive scripts

until => Execute commands (until error)

uptime => Show uptime

useradd => Create new user account

userdel => Delete a user account

usermod => Modify user account

users => List users currently logged in

uuencode => Encode a binary file

uudecode => Decode a file created by uuencode

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V
v => Verbosely list directory contents (`ls -l -b')

vdir => Verbosely list directory contents           (`ls -l -b')

vi => Text Editor

vmstat => Report virtual memory statistics

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W
wait => Wait for a process to complete

watch => Execute/display a program periodically

wc => Print byte, word, and line counts

whereis => Search the user's $path, man pages and   source files for a program

which => Search the user's $path for a program   file

while => Execute commands

who => Print all usernames currently logged in

whoami => Print the current user id and name        (`id -un')

wget => Retrieve web pages or files via HTTP,   HTTPS or FTP

write => Send a message to another user

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X
xargs => Execute utility, passing constructed   argument list(s)

xdg-open => Open a file or URL in the user's   preferred application.

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Y
yes => Print a string until interrupted

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