Last Updated on April 21, 2023
| Commands: S-U | |
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| screen | Keep a session open on a remote server. Manage multiple windows |
| sdiff | Compare the differences between and optionally merge 2 files |
| seq | Output a sequence of numbers to stdout |
| shutdown | Shutdown and reboot the system |
| sleep | Delay for a specified amount of time. |
| sort | Sort lines of text files |
| split | Split a file into pieces |
| su | Switch shell to another user |
| sum | Compute checksums and the number of blocks for a file |
| sync | Flushes all pending write operations to the appropriate disks |
| tac | Print and concatenate files in reverse (last line first) |
| tail | Display the last part of a file |
| tar | Archiving utility which is often combined with a compression tool e.g gzip or bzip2 |
| tee | Read from standard input and write to standard output and files (or commands) |
| test | Check file types and compare values |
| time | See how long a command takes |
| touch | Change a file access and modification times (atime, mtime) |
| top | Display dynamic real-time information about running processes |
| traceroute | Print the route packets trace to network host |
| tr | Translate characters: run replacements based on single characters / character sets |
| tsort | Perform a topological sort |
| umount | Unlink a filesystem from its mount point, making it no longer accessible |
| unexpand | Convert spaces to tabs |
| uniq | Output the unique lines from the given input or file |
| units | Provide the conversion between two units of measure. |
| useradd | Create a new user |
| usermod | Modifies a user account |
| users | Display a list of logged in users |
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