# 10 basic Linux commands

**Are you ready to take your Linux skills to the next level? It all starts with these 10 essential commands.**

<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>Commands</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>Usage</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>ifconfig</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>The command is used to find the current machine IP address, and other network information (you might need net tools)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>ps</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>The command is used to locate running processes on a Linux machine</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>man</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>Added to any command to see its manual in Linux</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>apropos</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>Added to any command to see the correct or suggest a way to use the command</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>touch</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>The command is used to create files in Linux</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>mv</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>This command is used to move the file/ directories or to rename the file and directories.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>mkdir</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>The command is used to create directories/folders in Linux</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>ls</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>The command is used to see what files and subfolders are inside a particular directory.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>cp</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>The command known as copy, allows user to copy the file or folders.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>cd</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p>The command is used to navigate to different directories in Linux.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></td></tr></tbody></table>