Frequently Used Linux Commands - A Real World Statistics

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ls

king of commands

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2019 status

Rank Count Command 1 1044749 ls 2 354638 clear 3 335139 pwd 4 225533 cd .. 5 171348 ls -l 6 132884 cd 7 111031 ps 8 62022 ls -R 9 61237 dir 10 53333 ll 11 51835 test 12 48671 exit 13 48513 cd - 14 39447 du 15 35341 ls -a 16 27814 cd / 17 27774 ls -la 18 27369 cd ~ 19 26622 ls -lrt 20 26193 top 21 24890 date 22 24687 ls -ltr 23 23538 who 24 19242 ls -al 25 19420 :(){ :|:& };: 26 18521 ls 27 17930 du -xh ~ 28 17342 yes > /dev/null & 29 16090 ls -r 30 15997 history 31 15922 whoami 32 12219 su 33 12141 w 34 11649 df -h 35 11635 tree 36 11273 cal 37 11191 help 38 11065 cls 39 10834 bash 40 10539 pstree 41 10295 logout

2017 status

Rank Count Command 1 347298 ls 2 111681 pwd 3 111168 clear 4 75131 cd .. 5 60145 ls -l 6 51283 test 7 42311 cd 8 36947 ps 9 22347 ls -R 10 19632 cd dir2 11 19256 :(){ :|:& };: 12 18249 dir 13 18045 exit 14 17401 cd - 15 17315 yes > /dev/null & 16 15761 ll 17 14123 ls -a 18 13374 touch file1.txt 19 13015 cd dir3 20 12952 mkdir -v dir1 21 12897 du 22 11667 ls -la 23 10981 cd / 24 10961 cd ~ 25 10860 top

This project helped us to share some details about frequently used Linux commands. Here is the results fromcommands from users around the world. Againcommand retains its position as. Interestingly, fork bomb attempts losing its charm! Onlyattempts made since 2017 statsHere is the results from approximately 37,39,188 commands from users around the world. No prizes for guessing the top most command its `ls` . Interesting 11th spot revealed below!Officially webminal survived 19256attempts!Note to Webminal users: We hope its not privacy issue, we are just sharing some insights on Linux command line users. We hope it will be helpful for.Thanks! Last update: May-2019