Kali Linux Commands

 Let's see some important and commonly used commands in Kali Linux:

Commands Description

# history

 This command is used to print the bash history of the current user.

# free

 It gives the information about the available RAM and the total used and available spaces of physical memory and swap memory with buffer used by Kernal.

# vi

 It is a screen editor used to edit the file.

# sort

It sorts the content of a text file line by line.

# more

 It is used to display output in the terminal, one page at a time.

# less

It is used to view the file instead of opening the file.

# date

This command is used to display the system date and time.

# cal

 It will display a formatted calendar of the current month.

# whoami

It will print the active user ID.

# pwd

It stands for "Print Working Directory" which prints the name of the working directory.

# ls

It is used to list out all the hidden files of a directory with -an attribute.

# users

It will display login names of the user currently logged in to the system.

# uptime

 It will return you the time for which the system has been up.

# uname

 It prints information about the current system.

# rm

It is used to delete files and directories.

# mv

This command moves, or renames, files, and directories on your file system.

# cp

 It is used to copy files.

# cat

It is used to create single or multiple files, view contained file, concatenate files, and redirect output in terminal or files.

# mkdir

 It is used to create directories.

# cd

 It is used to change or switch the current working directory.