Linux Commands Index - R

Below given are the list of Linux commands which starts with R. We have provided a breif description for each command. To know more about each command and its usage try the following.

man command-name

Example:
man route

List of all Linux Commands Under Index - R

Index - R

ranlib (1) - generate index to archive

rcp (1) - remote file copy

rdate (1) - get the time via the network
rdate (rpm) - Tool for getting the date/time from a remote machine.

rdev (8) - query/set image root device, RAM disk size, or video mode

rdist (1) - remote file distribution client program
rdist (rpm) - Maintains identical copies of files on multiple machines.
rdistd [rdist] (8) - remote file distribution server program

readcd (1) - read or write data Compact Discs

readelf (1) - Displays information about ELF files

readlink (1) - display value of a symbolic link
readlink (2) - read value of a symbolic link
readlink (3p) - read the contents of a symbolic link

reboot (2) - reboot or enable/disable Ctrl-Alt-Del
reboot [halt] (8) - stop the system

rename (1) - Rename files
rename (2) - change the name or location of a file
rename (3p) - rename a file

renice (8) - alter priority of running processes

repquota (8) - summarize quotas for a filesystem

reset [tput] (1) - initialize a terminal or query terminfo database
reset [tset] (1) - terminal initialization

resize2fs (8) - ext2/ext3 file system resizer

restore (8) - restore files or file systems from backups made with dump

rev (1) - reverse lines of a file

rexec (3) - return stream to a remote command

rlogin (1) - remote login

rm (1) - remove files or directories
rm (1p) - remove directory entries

rmail (8) - handle remote mail received via uucp
rmdir (1) - remove empty directories
rmdir (1p) - remove directories
rmdir (2) - delete a directory
rmdir (3p) - remove a directory

rmmod (8) - simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel

route (8) - show / manipulate the IP routing table

rpcinfo (8) - report RPC information

rpm (8) - RPM Package Manager
rpm (rpm) - The RPM package management system.
rpm-libs (rpm) - Libraries for manipulating RPM packages.
rpm-python (rpm) - Python bindings for apps which will manipulate RPM packages.

rsh (1) - remote shell
rsh (rpm) - Clients for remote access commands (rsh, rlogin, rcp).
rsh [ksh] (1) - shell, the

rsync (1) - faster, flexible replacement for rcp
rsync (rpm) - A program for synchronizing files over a network.