cat
- Read files
grep
- Search text in files
find
- Locate files
strings
- Extract readable strings from binary files
chmod
- Change file permissions
wget
/ curl
- Download files from the web
tar
/ zip
/ unzip
- Extract and compress files
ssh
- Remote login via SSH
scp
- Secure copy files to/from remote machine
netcat (nc)
- Network connection (port scanning, file transfer, etc.)
lsof
- List open files
ps aux
- List running processes
env
- View environment variables
base64
- Encode/decode base64
xxd
- Hex dump
uname -a
- Get system information
df
/ du
- Disk usage