1. file system related
ls, cd, mount, umount, cp, ln, touch, rm, rmdir, mkdir, mv, pwd, fdisk, mkfs, df, du, fsck, sync, find, ack
2. I/O and string related
cat, echo, grep, dd, awk, tar, gzip, expect, diff, patch, less, more, tail, xargs
3. network related
ping, ifconfig, route, iptables, ssh, wget, curl, traceroute, telent, ftp
4. user and permisson management
useradd, usermod, groupadd, groupmod, sudo, su, chmod, chown, chgrp,
5. driver module related
insmod, lsmod, rmmod
6. environment varaibles related
printenv, export
7. editing
vi
8. processes management
ps, kill, pkill, top, free, jobs, fg, bg, screen
9. system
setup, who, uname, dmesg, reboot, poweroff, shutdown, logout, which, man, date, clock