| $ CTRL L | | Clear the terminal |
| $ CTRL D | | Logout |
| $ SHIFT Page Up/Down | | Go up/down the terminal |
| $ CTRL A | | Cursor to start of line |
| $ CTRL E | | Cursor the end of line |
| $ CTRL U | | Delete left of the cursor |
| $ CTRL K | | Delete right of the cursor |
| $ CTRL W | | Delete word on the left |
| $ CTRL Y | | Paste (after CTRL U,K or W) |
| $ TAB | | Auto completion of file or command |
| $ CTRL R | | Reverse search history |
| $ !! | | Repeat last command |
| $ ls -a | | List all files and folders |
| $ ls <folder> | | List all files in folder |
| $ cd <folder> | | Change directory |
| $ cd / | | Go to root |
| $ cd .. | | Go up one folder |
| $ du -h | | Disk usage of folders, human readable |
| $ du -ah | | Disk usage of files and folders, human readable |
| $ pwd | | Print working directory |
| $ man <command> | | Shows manual |
| $ cat <filename> | | Show content of file |
| $ mkdir | | Create a new folder |
| $ cp <file> <newFileName> | | Copy and rename a file |
| $ cp <file> <folder>/ | | Copy to folder |
| $ mv <file> <folder>/ | | Move file in folder |
| $ mv <oldFileName> <newFileName> | | Rename file |
| $ rm <file> .. | | Delete file(s) |
| $ rm -i <file> .. | | Ask for confirmation each file |
| $ rm -f <file> | | Force deletion of a file |
| $ rm -f <folder>/ | | Delete folder |
| $ touch <file> | | Create or update a file |
| $ locate <text> | | Search content of all the files |
| $ locate <file> | | Search for a file |
| $ find -name "<file>" | | Search for a file |
| $ find -name "text" | | Search for a file who starts with the word "text" |
| $ find -name "*text" | | Search for a file who ends with the word "text" |
| $ grep <text> <file> | | Search for text in file |
| $ w | | Who is logged on and what they are doing |
| $ tload | | Graphic representation of system load average |
| $ ps | | Static process list |
| $ top | | Dynamic process list |
| $ Ctrl+C | | Stop a current terminal process |
| $ kill <PID #> | | Kill a process |
| $ kill -9 <PID #> | | Violent kill |
| $ killall | | kill multiple process's |
| $ sudo halt | | close computer |
| $ sudo reboot | | Reboot |
| $ sudo adduser <user> | | Creates user |
| $ sudo passwd <user> | | Change user's password |
| $ sudo deluser <user> | | Delete user |
| $ addgroup <group> | | Add anew user group |
| $ delgroup <group> | | Delete a user group |
| $ usermod -g <group> <user> | | Add user to the group |
| $ chown <user> <file> | | Set user as the owner of the file |
| $ chmod | | Modify user access and permission |
| $ sudo apt-get install <software> | | Install the software, download the package if needed |