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Top 150 Kali Linux Commands Every

1. Basic Linux Commands

1. ls - List directory contents

2. cd - Change directory

3. pwd - Print working directory

4. mkdir - Create a new directory

5. rmdir - Remove empty directories

6. rm - Remove files or directories

7. cp - Copy files and directories

8. mv - Move or rename files

9. touch - Create an empty file

10. find - Search for files

11. locate - Find files by name

12. updatedb - Update locate database

13. cat - View file contents

14. less - View file contents page by page

15. nano - Open a text editor

17. echo - Display text in terminal

18. history - Show command history

19. clear - Clear terminal screen

20. whoami - Show the current user

21. id - Show user ID and group ID

22. chmod - Change file permissions

23. chown - Change file owner

24. stat - Show file metadata

25. df - Show disk space usage

26. du - Show directory size

27. mount - Mount a file system

28. umount - Unmount a file system

29. tar - Compress/extract .tar files

30. zip - Compress files into .zip

31. unzip - Extract .zip files

32. wget - Download files from the web

33. curl - Fetch data from URLs

34. ping - Test network connectivity

35. traceroute - Trace network hops

36. arp - Show ARP table

37. ifconfig - Show network interface details (deprecated)

38. ip a - Show IP addresses

40. netstat - Show network connections (deprecated)

41. ss - Show active connections

42. nslookup - Query DNS

43. dig - Perform advanced DNS queries

44. whois - Look up domain details

45. uptime - Show system uptime

46. free - Show memory usage

47. top - Show running processes

48. htop - Interactive process viewer

49. kill - Terminate a process

50. pkill - Kill processes by name

51. ps - Show running processes

52. bg - Resume a job in the background

53. fg - Resume a job in the foreground

54. nohup - Run a command immune to hangups

55. alias - Create a shortcut for a command

56. unalias - Remove an alias

57. uname - Show system information

58. lsb_release -a - Show OS details

59. shutdown - Shutdown the system

60. reboot - Restart the system

61. adduser - Add a new user

62. userdel - Delete a user

63. passwd - Change user password

64. groupadd - Create a new group

65. groupdel - Delete a group

66. usermod - Modify a user

67. groups - Show user’s groups

68. su - Switch user

69. sudo - Run a command as root

70. visudo - Edit sudoers file

71. chage - Manage password expiry

72. last - Show login history

73. w - Show logged-in users

74. who - Show who is logged in

75. finger - Show user information

3. File Permissions & Ownership

76. ls -l - Show file permissions

77. chmod 777 file - Give full permissions

78. chmod 755 file - Give execute permissions

79. chown user:group file - Change ownership

81. getfacl - Get ACL details

82. setfacl - Modify ACL settings

4. Package Management (APT)

83. apt update - Refresh repositories

84. apt upgrade - Upgrade installed packages

85. apt install package - Install a package

86. apt remove package - Remove a package

87. apt autoremove - Remove unused packages

88. apt list --installed - Show installed packages

89. dpkg -i package.deb - Install a .deb package

90. dpkg -r package - Remove a .deb package

91. dpkg -l - List installed .deb packages

5. Network Scanning & Security

92. nmap - Scan networks and hosts

93. nmap -sP 192.168.1.0/24 - Ping sweep

94. nmap -sV - Service version detection

95. nmap -A - Aggressive scan

96. nmap -O - Detect OS

98. wireshark - GUI network analyzer

99. tshark - CLI packet capture

100. netcat - Listen on a port

101. nc -zv target 80 - Check open ports

102. aircrack-ng - Crack Wi-Fi passwords

103. airmon-ng - Enable monitor mode

104. airoscript-ng - Automate Wi-Fi attacks

105. macchanger - Change MAC address

6. Password Cracking

106. hydra - Brute force login

107. john - John the Ripper password cracker

108. hashcat - Advanced password recovery

109. cupp - Custom wordlist generator

110. crunch - Wordlist generator

7. Web Penetration Testing

111. sqlmap - Automated SQL injection

112. wpscan - WordPress security scanner

114. dirb - Directory search

115. sublist3r - Subdomain enumeration

116. nikto - Web vulnerability scanner

117. burpsuite - Web security tool

8. Exploitation & Payloads

118. metasploit - Penetration testing framework

119. msfconsole - Open Metasploit

120. msfvenom - Create payloads

121. exploitdb - Search exploits

122. armitage - GUI for Metasploit

9. Post Exploitation

123. mimikatz - Extract Windows credentials

124. empire - PowerShell post-exploitation

125. beef - Browser Exploitation Framework

126. responder - Network credential harvesting

127. volatility - Memory forensics

128. binwalk - Firmware analysis

129. foremost - File recovery

130. autopsy - Digital forensic analysis

131. strings - Extract strings from binaries

132. ghidra - Reverse engineering tool

133. gdb - GNU Debugger

11. Wireless Attacks

134. reaver - WPS attack tool

135. fern-wifi-cracker - GUI for Wi-Fi hacking

136. kismet - Wireless network detector

12. Miscellaneous

137. ssh - Connect to a remote system

139. rsync - Sync directories

140. cron - Schedule tasks

141. at - Schedule one-time tasks

142. strace - Trace system calls

143. lsof - List open files

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