PLTW Cybersecurity 3.1 Linux Commands

Send process to the background.

Return a long list showing permissions and other information.

Print the working directory.

Delete a file.

Lists the entire directory structure recursively, listing all contents.

List all files, specifically hidden files that begin with .

Search for strings in a file, or when piped, search for output of a command.

Terminate a process.

Show a file’s type, as determined by the operating system.

Move a file or directory to a new name and/or location.

Create an encrypted version of a file.

Delete (remove) an empty directory.

Display the contents of a file.

Changes directory

Encrypt/decrypt a file.

Send process to the foreground.

Show everyone’s processes, including other users’, in a formatted output.

Change your user id to root, the privileged account.

Create a directory.

List the contents of a directory.

Display the contents of a file; similar to the cat command, but you control the output.

Copy a file or directory to a new name and/or location.

Show processes running in the system

Decrypt the encrypted version of a file.

Create a file and/or change the file timestamp to the current time.