Linux is the open source operating system. Many operating systems work on the basis of the Linux. But working with linux is lot easy as windows. There are some basic commands to work with linux.
1.pwd
This command used to check the current location of the file or diorectory.
2.mkdir
This command used to create a directory to store files.
3.vi
This is an editor which is used to create different file formats.
4.cp
This command is used to copy file from one directory to another.
5.rm
This command is used to delete the contents of the file as well as the file.
6.mv
This command is used to move file from one directory to another,
7.cat
This command is used to open a file.
8.cd
This command is uded to change directory. cd.. will come out of the directory.
These are some essential and basic commands which are commonly used in the linux,