The Basic Linux Commands

The inspiration for starting the Linux-centric series of post is finding the follow image posted on r/Ubuntu by u/Tunliar 

This is most of the core commands to using the Bash to administrate a Linux system with the command line.

How ever great the --help and man files are, they are were written and updates by someone who knows much more about Linux than you and often omit key basic definitions of abbreviations , lack explanations of concepts, and have abrupt descriptions for the arguments requires for the command. I find the best way to understand CLI commands is to create a written lab journal in a composition book, that can be used to jog your memory date, weeks, or months from now.  A well configured server shouldn't need constant administration.  A great problem with technology, you will always remember that you did something, but not the specifics of how you did it.  Ron Popeil once said. "Set it and forget it", creating a journal is a great way to better memorize and create your ultimate offline documentation. 

Write an entry for each command written in your own words, .  Sit down at and spend the time to digest the command's --help and man outputs, practice using the command's options, and then write down in your own words how to use the options and create valid arguments to achieve tasks. When I say, in you own words, try to avoid copying the man or --help word for word,  list the options and define them using words and explain the arguments in a manner that you best understand and customized for your specific reading level.

Keep this journal near your workstation.