Linux Commands for INFORMATION Gathering

Created: 2022-07-17
Tags: #fleeting

free -> displays free amount of memory

df -> displays free space on hard drive

pwd -> print working directory

• print the current location of folder/directory

whoami ->

• prints the user name

id

• prints lots of info such as user name, user id and such

uname -a

• prints all the system information such as Os used, Date/Time, CPU-Architecture etc..

ps -eF

• Shows log-in users, CMD used like is it bash or smtnh

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• file notepad.txt
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