[HarisHayat]

Hello Guys,
There are some useful commands for VPS and also good for beginners!

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1. Used for Checking RAM!

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free -m

2. Used for Checking SSD/HDD

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df -h

3. Used for Switching directories. 

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cd [ folder/file name ]

4. Used for making Directory.

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mkdir [ folder name ]

5. Used for moving Files or Folder

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mv [ filename or folder ] [ New folder or Location ]

6. Renaming File or folder

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mv [ old name ] [ new name ]

7. Copy files or folders

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cp [ file or folder ] [ new location or folder ]

8. Removing/Delete files.

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rm -rf

9. Checking files and folders in which directory in you are.

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ls

10. Download any file or URL

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wget [ filename or URL ]

11. Changing your VPS/SSH password

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passwd

12. Giving folder/file permissions.

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chmod -777 [ filename or foler ]

13. Unzip zip files!

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unzip [ filename ]

14. Creating or extracting tar commands example:

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Create a new tar archive.
tar cvf archive_name.tar dirname/


Extract from an existing tar archive.
tar xvf archive_name.tar

15. Create or Extract gzip files:

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To create a *.gz compressed file:
$ gzip test.txt


To uncompress a *.gz file:
$ gzip -d test.txt.gz

16. Creating .txt document!

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Following example creates a .txt file called test.txt under your home directory.
nano test.txt

17. Checking the users controlling your VPS/accounts.

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whoami

18. Checking network status.

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netstat

19. Checking VPS Running programs!

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top

20. Creating a manually document file.

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touch [ filename with extension ]

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ALL THESE 20 Commands are Very useful.. and very helpful.

THANKS FOR Reading!

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Would like to add something too:

1. Switching user

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su "user"

2. Entering MySQL

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mysql -u "user" -p

3. Adding user

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adduser "user"

4. Changing directory

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cd "directory"

5. Installing packages

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yum (CentOS) / apt-get (Debian) "package"

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The following commands shared with by us @deanhills
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Great list there thanks for posting it @HarisHayat. Here are some more useful ones:

1. How to get out of VPS:

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exit

2.Check what OS VPS is running on:

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cat /etc/*-release

3. Check whether OS is 32 or 64 bit:

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uname -a

4. How to reboot VPS:

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reboot

5. How to show log of previous reboots of VPS:

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last reboot

[HarisHayat]

Thanks for Sharing your Commands also.
I just added 20 cmds, Because it is enough for me , Again thanks for posting.

[humanpuff69]

This is the basic linux command that you can use to do something basic . This is very helpful for newbies even i learn some new commands from this post

[Zorono]

Thanks alot to All who Shared thier Expermince with Linux here.
I have only 1 Command which i wana share it with you guys:
On Searching for file by Name(https://www.digitalocean.com/community/t...-linux-vps):

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file / -name {FILE_NAME}

[youssefbasha]

Wow thanks @Haris! That commands are really important, i will keep a copy of this at my device..

[arsalahmed786]

Thanks @HarisHayat almost all of them i already knew. specially thanks for "14. Creating or extracting tar commands example:"

[Lampard]

It would be better if the replied ones are also merged in the main topic since guests usually look at the main content and leave, so that will benefit

[arsalahmed786]

It would be better if the replied ones are also merged in the main topic since guests usually look at the main content and leave, so that will benefit

i agree with you. why only posts (#2) ? (#3) also should merge with the thread. If @deanhills & @Vuluts agree with this suggestion then we will merge it.

[Vuluts]

@arsalahmed786 agreed! you can merge mine with @HarisHayat main post, just indicate my name.

[Honey]

Nice attempt, though you should've added the kind of output we would be expecting after the command as to not get confused.