What are the basic commands in Ubuntu?

Ubuntu has a long list of basic commands. Here is the list of most used ones:

• Sudo–to be used for a command that requires root permissions
• ls (list) - terminal will show you all the files and folders of the directory
• cd –Prime command that always is in use in terminal
• pwd - displays the full pathname of the current working directory
• cp - allows copying a file
• mv - allows moving a file
• rm - allows removing a specified file
• mkdir–Used to create a new directory
• history - displays all of the previous commands
• df - presents information of all mounted filesystems disk space usage
• du - shows the size of a directory and subdirectories
• free –allows us to see the amount of open space available in the system
• uname–a–Offers a wide range of necessary information regarding system
• top –displays the process utilizing the most system resources at any given time
• info –displays a manual page with precise information