Kali Linux Terminal commands Cheat Sheet list PDF – User Guide for Kali OS

Kali Linux command list pdf download cheat sheet with examples. All basic commands to Advance or pro level.

A-Z Kali Linux Commands — Also Included Kali Command Line List PDF

This article will provide you the commands based on the level. There are so many types of commands in the Linux OS. So you can see the details below.

Introduction to Kali Linux

Kali Linux is a Debian based Linux distro that is used in digital forensics & pentesting applications. It is made & updated periodically by Offensive security. The main developers of Kali Linux are Mati Aharoni, Devon Kearns, and Raphaël Hertzog.

Why Kali Linux?

Kali Linux is a special linux distro made with the purpose of pentesters. You can install any linux distro & make it work like Kali, but don’t you think a already available product is there.

Most Popular Tools in Kali Linux

Kali Linux has released their 2017.3 version of it’s OS. There are more than 600 applications in the collection. The most popular ones are

  1. Nmap (port scanner)
  2. Wireshark (a packet analyzer),
  3. John the Ripper (a password cracker)
  4. Aircrack-ng (a software suite for penetration-testing wireless LANs),
  5. Burp suite and OWASP ZAP (both web application security scanners).

Kali Linux is very independent in terms of installation. You can install it in Hard Disk, live CD or live USB, or it can run within a virtual machine. Metasploit framework also supports Kali.

All Kali Linux Commands

There are mainly four types of commands in a Kali Linux OS.

  • File & directory commands
  • Process scheduling commands
  • Search commands
  • Disk commands

File & directory commands

 Commands Description
 cd change directory
 pwd present working directory
 cp copy one or more files from one directory to another
 clearclear terminal screen
 basename Strip directory and suffix from filenames
 cat Concatenate and print (display) the content of files
 cmp Compare two files
 comm Compare two sorted files line by line
 cp  Copy one or more files to another location
 csplit Split a file into context-determined pieces
 cut Divide a file into several parts
 dd Convert and copy a file, write disk headers, boot records
 du Estimate file space usage

Process scheduling commands

 Commands Description
 fuserIdentify/kill the process that is accessing a file
 kill  Stop a process from running
 killall Kill processes by name
 pkill  Stop processes from running
 ps Process status

Search commands

 Commands Description
 egrep Search files for lines that match an extended expression
 fgrep Search files for lines that match a fixed string
 find Search for files that meet a desired criteria
 grep Search files for lines that match a given pattern

Disk commands

 Commands Description
 ram ram disk device
 sync Synchronize data on disk with memory
 cfdisk Partition table manipulator for Linux
 ddConvert and copy a file, write disk headers, boot records
 df Display free disk space
 fdformat Low-level format a floppy disk

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