Most new Linux administrator desire one easy to read list of the essential commands needed for daily server management and maintenance. I've updated my beginner administrators command list below in hopes that it will help you quickly become self sufficient in Linux server use.

Please feel free to LINK to this commands page, but please don't duplicate it elsewhere as I've tried hard to provide something useful to others.

You may also benefit from more basic commands such as: beginner commands, more advanced commands, and file permissions. Please consider running these administrator commands on occasion with the --help parameter to read through all of their options. For example try running the command: du --help Also note that if a server command you run gives you an output that is far more than one single screen, you can use the option |more (referred to as pipe more). This will display the output one screen at a time. Press the space key for one page at a time, and the enter key for one line at a time. For example: ps -A |more

Beginner Server Administrator Commands
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