Linux Commands Every Developer Must Know Essential

Master the Terminal

The Linux terminal is a developer's superpower. Learn these essential commands!

File Operations

# Navigate
cd /path/to/directory
pwd
ls -la

# Create/Delete
mkdir project
touch file.txt
rm -rf folder/

# Copy/Move
cp source.txt dest.txt
mv old.txt new.txt

Process Management

# View processes
ps aux | grep node
top
htop

# Kill process
kill -9 PID

Network Commands

curl https://api.example.com
wget https://file.zip
netstat -tuln

Text Processing

grep "error" logs.txt
sed 's/old/new/g' file.txt
awk '{print $1}' data.txt

Practice these daily!