Complete List of Terminal Commands and all their parameters

Question

I was wondering if there was any complete guide to the Linux Terminal (don't mind buying a book or something), specifically, I want the list (or book) to do an A-Z of the commands with all their parameters, reasons why you'd use those commands and examples.

If anyone has recommendations I'd be most appreciative!

Thanks in advance!

Solution

To list complete list of Terminal Commands use:

compgen -b

which lists all built-in commands

compgen -c

lists all commands (maybe better to use compgen -c | less since it's a long list)

Taken from All main Terminal commands answered by @Cubiq

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And below commands are what you want for complete details and their parameters:

man <command>
info <command>
<command> -h
<command> --help

If you want more information, type:

info coreutils <command>

Comments

[j0h]

I'd point you to ss64.com normally, but their server is down tight now.

[SomeAmbigiousUserName]

I'll add it to bookmarks and check back each day :-)

[user68186]

How about searching an online book retailer like amazon.com? Search for "linux command line" sans quote. Also see linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php

[SomeAmbigiousUserName]

@user68186 because one book is always going to be more detailed then the next, I was hoping to find a recommended book that covers all bases instead of buying one, then finding there's a better one for the same price

[user68186]

The buyers at Amazon rated this one highly. I have no personal knowledge. I just use the man command and the Google search.

[SomeAmbigiousUserName]

I know you can do that but a book that has examples and what situations you'd use them is a lot clearer for me.

[αғsнιη]

@TreyTaylor That manual pages is what writes in books :) You can use a for-loop to list all of them and make it a PDF format book for yourself. (if you don't like my answer, I'll delete it or I can keep it for someone else :) even from info coreutils <command> command you will see a lot of examples