In this article we cover several essential commands that will help you work more effectively with a Linux system.

Navigation and file manipulation

• pwd — print the current working directory
• mkdir — create a new directory
• rmdir — remove an empty directory

System information

• top or htop — view running processes
• df -h — check disk usage
• free -h — check memory usage

Learn to combine commands and use pipes (|) to build more productive workflows.