Phil Buchman wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I have spent this evening searching for a list of CLI commands in Ubuntu
> (Gnome) Terminal. The problem that I have is that I get plenty of lists
> and great tutorials and explanations---but I can't find a *complete*
> list. For example, when I am in Terminal and type s tab tab, I am asked:
> "Display all 148 possibilities? (y or n)" and I'm not seeing 148 commands
> that begin with the letter S in any of the command-lists that I've found
> online.
>
> Does anyone know a website where a complete list of Terminal commands
> (and full details for each command) for Gibbon 7.1 can be found?
As others have pointed out, a "complete list of Terminal commands" does
not exist.
OTOH I doubt that any more than a very few people (if any) know each and
every command available on their machine and use it appropriately. It's
like wanting to know "a complete list of all words in a native language".
The main question is: what do you want this list for?
A number of the programs available on your machine serve some very
special purpose and might be of no use for you (e.g. if you do not do
image processing, the pbm suite of programs is of no use to you, but
might have been installed). Others are just "helper programs" that are
called by other programs, so you would never call them directly, also
because some of them require a certain environment (open files, working
directory, environment variables, command line arguments).
My advice: be inquisitive, curious. Use whatever commands you know, read
manual pages (the "SEE ALSO" section is often very interesting), news
articles and other material posted on the web.
Even after more than 25 years with Unix and Linux, I often learn about
new commands and/or command options that make life a tad easier.
Josef
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