Basic Linux Command
BASIC LINUX COMMANDS
1. Date
command:
This command is
used to display current time and date.
Syntax:
# date
Options : -
a = Abbreviated
weekday.
A = Full weekday.
b = Abbreviated
month.
B = Full month.
c = Current day
and time.
C = Display the
century as a decimal number.
d = Day of the
month.
D = Day in
„mm/dd/yy‟ format
h = Abbreviated
month day.
H = Display the
hour.
L = Day of the
year.
m = Month of the
year.
M = Minute.
P = Display AM or
PM
S = Seconds
T = HH:MM:SS
format
u = Week of the
year.
y = Display the
year in 2 digit.
Y = Display the
full year.
Z = Time zone
To
change the format :
Syntax :
$date ‘+%H-%M-%S’
Example: # date
Output:
Fri
Jul 6 01:07:09 IST 2012
2.Calender Command :
This command is used to display the calendar
of the year or the particular month of calendar year.
Syntax :
a.$cal<year>
b.$cal<month><year>
Here the first syntax gives the entire
calendar for given year & the second Syntax gives the calendar of reserved
month of that year.
Example: # cal July 2016
Output:
Su Mo Tu We ThFrSa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
3.’who’ Command :
It is used to display who are the users connected to our computer
currently.
Syntax :$who – option‟s
Options : -
H–Display the output with headers.
b–Display the last booting date or time or
when the system was lastly rebooted.
4.’who am i’ Command :
Display the details of the current working
directory.
Syntax :$who am i
Example:#whoami
Output: rinku
5.’tty’ Command :
It will display the terminal name.
Syntax :$tty
Example: #tty
Output:
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