Your top ten linux commands ?
So I thought it would be fun to start a top ten list of everyone’s most commonly used Linux commands.
On your Linux box run the following command.
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history |tr '\011' ' ' |tr -s " "| cut -d' ' -f3 |sort |uniq -c |sort -nbr |head -n10
Hopefully that gives you a similar output, if so it should give you a list of the top ten most commonly used commands in your command history sorted by the most common first. The number just before the command is the number of times it has been run.
Here’s my top ten.
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200 clear
193 ls
142 vi
48 cd
45 less
45 history
41 yum
41 tail
19 cp
18 ./configure
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Post your top ten commands in the comments.
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August 7th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
100 exit
98 ssh
42 ls
33 netstat
30 sudo
27 cd
26 ps
24 ping
24 clear
13 su
Here’s mine
August 7th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
136 ls
90 cd
87 sudo
20 rm
14 mv
12 find
9 ping
9 aptitude
7 ftp
6 Thunar
August 8th, 2007 at 5:20 am
224 ls
148 cd
50 ..
46 rm
36 man
29 df
28 vlc
26 su
19 vim
18 xmoto
August 8th, 2007 at 8:23 am
143 ls
95 cat
70 time
69 ssh
67 cd
56 openssl
39 find
36 man
27 /usr/bin/time
24 vim
August 8th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
81 ls
52 cd
45 exit
33 who
26 ping
25 su
24 screen
24 ps
22 clear
15 startkde
August 21st, 2007 at 10:41 pm
179 cd
161 ls
89 yum
71 vi
38 make
25 rpm
24 service
22 exit
20 tar
16 ./configure
February 20th, 2008 at 8:18 am
124 grep
92 ssh
86 svn
83 find
70 perl
54 sudo
51 for
36 ls
35 less
35 cd
I think I get the prize for the “most useful” top command.
May 1st, 2008 at 10:48 am
200 ls
176 cd
147 clear
69 w
52 vi
44 nmap
42 ping
38 cat
23 netstat
20 whereis
May 30th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
From my home Ubuntu Linux (8.04) machine, guess I’ll have to come back with the results from my 3 other home Linux machines and my work machine.
65 sudo
12 ls
10 cd
8 ping
7 smc
6 exit
6 cat
5 ps
3 lspci
3 killall
November 12th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
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April 20th, 2009 at 5:48 am
167 ls
158 sudo
108 cd
51 su
44 vlc
41 ps
29 make
26 less
24 vi
22 ln
May 26th, 2009 at 12:02 am
152 cd
137 ls
118 python
88 vi
60 grep
48 more
40 less
33 history
19 man
17 ssh
May 26th, 2009 at 1:19 am
200 cd
133 ls
88 python
73 history
66 grep
54 vi
38 less
29 more
28 clear
21 man
May 26th, 2009 at 1:30 am
197 cd
131 ls
83 python
81 history
66 grep
50 vi
39 less
32 clear
29 more
21 man
18 ssh
13 scp
12 tccopy
11 cat
9 rm
9 ll
8 mkdir
7 ping
7 history|less
7 finger
7 chsh
7 chmod
6 kwrite
6 head
5 zip
5 wc
5 find
5 cp
4 which
4 sudo
4 pwd
4 passwd
4 diff
3 ypchsh
3 write
3 w
3 pico
3 mv
3 cut
2 touch
2 top
2 tail
2 screen
2 rmdir
2 ps
2 netstat
2 nano
2 jobs
2 ex
2 emacs
2 cs
2 compress
2 cls
1 xmoto
1 X
1 x
1 :wq
1 whoami
1 who
1 whereis
1 vlc
1 vim
1 talk
1 su
1 startx
1 source
1 sile
1 sftp
1 nmap
1 mysql
1 motd
1 mesg
1 md
1 m ore
1 make
1 LS
1 info
1 ialial
1 /home/narayanan/python/day.py|awk
1 /home
1 home
1 history|cd
1 help
1 gedit
1 free
1 file
1 exit
1 e-mail
1 echo
1 df
1 ./configure
1 CLS
[narayanan@kalam ~]$ history |tr ‘11′ ‘ ‘ |tr -s ” “| cut -d’ ‘ -f3 |sort |uniq -c |sort -nbr |head -n150 |less
[narayanan@kalam ~]$ history |tr ‘11′ ‘ ‘ |tr -s ” “| cut -d’ ‘ -f2 |sort |uniq -c |sort -nbr |head -n150 |less
[narayanan@kalam ~]$ history |tr ‘11′ ‘ ‘ |tr -s ” “| cut -d’ ‘ -f3 |sort |uniq -c |sort -nbr |head -n150
197 cd
131 ls
85 history
80 python
66 grep
47 vi
39 less
33 clear
29 more
21 man
18 ssh
13 scp
12 tccopy
11 cat
9 rm
9 ll
8 mkdir
8 history|less
7 ping
7 finger
7 chsh
7 chmod
6 kwrite
6 head
5 zip
5 wc
5 find
5 cp
4 which
4 sudo
4 pwd
4 passwd
4 diff
3 ypchsh
3 write
3 w
3 pico
3 mv
3 cut
2 touch
2 top
2 tail
2 screen
2 rmdir
2 ps
2 netstat
2 nano
2 jobs
2 ex
2 emacs
2 cs
2 compress
2 cls
1 xmoto
1 X
1 x
1 :wq
1 whoami
1 who
1 whereis
1 vlc
1 vim
1 talk
1 su
1 startx
1 source
1 sile
1 sftp
1 nmap
1 mysql
1 motd
1 mesg
1 md
1 m ore
1 make
1 LS
1 info
1 ialial
1 /home/narayanan/python/day.py|awk
1 /home
1 home
1 history|cd
1 help
1 gedit
1 free
1 file
1 exit
1 e-mail
1 echo
1 df
1 ./configure
1 CLS
1 cd/python/python1
1 CD
1 cd..
1 cal
1 awk
1 aptitude
1 94
1 61
1 59
1 51
1 38
1 35
1 22
1 202
1 19
1 141
1 ..
1 .
1 ;