Phil Buchman

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?

Thanks!

NoStop

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?
>
> Thanks!

Standard linux commands ...

http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/linux/cmd/

Of course Ubuntu will contain others beyond this standard list that are more
unique to Ubuntu, comprising various scripts that come with Ubuntu.

Cheers.


--
Sometimes, I Wake Up Grumpy.
Sometimes, I Just Let Him Sleep In.
-- My Wife

Kurt Harders

Hi Phil,

Am Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:20:03 -0600 schrieb Phil Buchman:

> 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?

There can't be any list of "standard" commands, because any executable
file in the PATH-shell variable is a command. On the other hand there are
commands, which are never called directly. Of cause there is a set of
programs linux/ubuntu relies on at startup to execute the startup
scripts. Even those commands are not really standardized. The list you
get when typing s <tab><tab> are the executable files found in all
directories mentioned in the PATH v shell variable.

Regards, Kurt

--
Kurt Harders
MBtronik - PiN GmbH
info@mbtronik.de

jellybean stonerfish

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:20:03 -0600, Phil Buchman wrote:

> 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?
>
> Thanks!

You can create your own list using find to search for files with an
executable bit set in the permissions.


find -L `echo $PATH | sed 's/:/ /g'` -perm /+x > command_list

Anonymous Sender

Phil Buchman wrote:

> 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?

There's no such thing as "Gibbon 7.1", so I don't know whether or not I
should post the script I use to locate and list every executable in the
$PATH. It's a really handy script, but not knowing what you're actually
running I'd hate to give you something that might harm your system.

Josef Moellers

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
--
These are my personal views and not those of Fujitsu Siemens Computers!
Josef Möllers (Pinguinpfleger bei FSC)
If failure had no penalty success would not be a prize (T. Pratchett)
Company Details: http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/imprint.html

Phil Buchman

> Standard linux commands ...
>
> http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/linux/cmd/


Thanks NoStop!

Phil Buchman

> There can't be any list of "standard" commands, because any executable
> file in the PATH-shell variable is a command. On the other hand there are
> commands, which are never called directly. Of cause there is a set of
> programs linux/ubuntu relies on at startup to execute the startup
> scripts. Even those commands are not really standardized. The list you
> get when typing s <tab><tab> are the executable files found in all
> directories mentioned in the PATH v shell variable.

Thanks Kurt!

Phil Buchman

> find -L `echo $PATH | sed 's/:/ /g'` -perm /+x > command_list

Thanks for the tip jellybean! I'll try this command later this morning!

Phil Buchman

> The main question is: what do you want this list for?

To learn them and study them, and gain experience by using them so that
I can eventually move faster with the computer by using the Terminal
rather than the GUI. I was hoping to find a comprehensive list
(everything in one place) to aid in that effort.


> 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.

I'll stay with it!


Thanks Josef!