Some basic commands for Kali Linux

File Operations

pwd                        Print Name Of Current/Working Directory

cd                         Changing The Working Directory

cp                         Copy Files Or Directory

rm                         Remove Files And Directory

ls                         List Of Directory Contents

mkdir                      Make Directory

cat                        Concatenate Files And Print On Standard Output

mv                         Move Files

chmod                      Change Files Permissions

Know Your System                                                 

uname                      Print System Information

who                        Show Who Is Logged On

cal                        Displays Calculator

date                       Print System Date And Time

df                         Report File System Disk Space Usage

du                         Estimate File Space Usage

ps                         Displays Information Of Current Active Processes

kill                       Allows To Kills Process

clear                      Clear The Terminal Screen

cat /proc/cpuinfo          Cpuinfo Display CPU Information

cat /proc/meminfo          Display Memory Information

Compression

tar                        Store and Extract Files From An Archive File

gzip                       Compress Or Decompress Named Files

Network

ifconfig                   To Config Network Interface

ping                       Check Other System are reachable from The Host System

wget                       Download Files From Network

ssh                        Remote Login Program

ftp                        Download/Upload Files From/To Remote System

last                       Displays List Of Last Logged In User

telnet                     Used To Communicate With Another Host Using THe Telnet Protocol

Searching Files

grep                       Search Files(s) For Specific Text

find                       Search For Files In A Directory Hierarchy

locate                     Find Files By Name